40 Woodruff Avenue
A 6-story building with 66 apartments, built in 1940, in Brooklyn, NY 11226.
Addresses on the lot: 34 to 46 Woodruff Avenue.
HPD records as of November 5, 2026
40 Woodruff Avenue has 8 open HPD violations, 3 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 19 complaints to HPD in the past year. It is registered to 40 WOODRUFF LLC. 66 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.
Does 40 Woodruff Avenue have open violations?
Yes: 8 open violations as of November 5, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:
| Class | Deadline | Open |
|---|---|---|
| C, immediately hazardous | 24 hours for most | 3 |
| B, hazardous | 30 days | 5 |
| A, non-hazardous | About 90 days | 0 |
It has an open class C violation, as 70% of NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments do. More on buildings by size
Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 35 have been closed.
Every violation on HPD Online ↗ · How to read HPD violations
What do tenants complain about?
Tenants made 19 complaints 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.
Every complaint on HPD Online ↗ · Noise complaints go to 311, not HPD
Who owns 40 Woodruff Avenue?
40 Woodruff Avenue is registered with HPD to 40 WOODRUFF LLC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.
The registration on HPD Online ↗ · The owner’s other buildings, on Who Owns What ↗ · Deeds and mortgages (ACRIS) ↗ · How to find who owns a building
Housing court and evictions
The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in July 2024. HPD’s record has 12 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.
City marshals carried out no evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.
For comparison, 12% of residential buildings in 11226 had a housing court case in the past five years.
Is 40 Woodruff Avenue rent stabilized?
66 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. That’s 66 of the building’s 66 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.
How to check if an apartment is rent stabilized
Scores out of ten, from today’s records
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Buildings nearby
- 18 Woodruff Avenue161 apartments, built 1955
- 32 St Pauls Place48 apartments, built 1914
- 33 Crooke Avenue66 apartments, built 1931
- 48 St Pauls Place53 apartments, built 1951
- 15 Crooke Avenue54 apartments, built 1938
- 45 Woodruff Avenue131 apartments, built 2015
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 3-05058-0024.