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40 Prospect Park West

A 6-story building with 62 apartments, built in 1942, in Brooklyn, NY 11215.

Addresses on the lot: 40 to 42 Prospect Park West.

HPD records as of November 5, 2026

27open HPD violations6 immediately hazardous
1complaint to HPD, past yearnone about heat
2rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2019
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years1 older

40 Prospect Park West has 27 open HPD violations, 6 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 1 complaint to HPD in the past year. It is registered to 40 PROSPECT PARK WEST OWNERS CORP. 2 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2019.

Does 40 Prospect Park West have open violations?

Yes: 27 open violations as of November 5, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most6
B, hazardous30 days6
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days15

It has an open class C violation, as 70% of NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments do. More on buildings by size

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 1 complaint to HPD in the 12 months to November 5, 2026, none about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments, 77% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 65% had one about heat or hot water.

Who owns 40 Prospect Park West?

40 Prospect Park West is registered with HPD to 40 PROSPECT PARK WEST OWNERS CORP. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

The name is a co-op’s: residents own shares in the building, and an apartment for rent here is usually a sublet from a shareholder, which the board has to approve.

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 1 older case, the latest from 2020.

City marshals carried out no evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 1% of residential buildings in 11215 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 40 Prospect Park West rent stabilized?

2 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2019, the same as in 2018. That’s 2 of the building’s 62 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

Scores out of ten, from today’s records

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of November 5, 2026; evictions and rent-stabilized counts as of May 30, 2026; size and age from the city’s PLUTO. All from NYC Open Data. Public records, not legal advice. Tax lot 3-01075-0035.