400 Brook Avenue
A 20-story building with 309 apartments, built in 1970, in the Bronx, NY 10454.
Addresses on the lot: 400 to 404 Brook Avenue, 511 East 143rd Street, 515 East 143rd Street, 525 East 143rd Street, 531 East 143rd Street, 535 East 143rd Street.
HPD records as of October 28, 2026
400 Brook Avenue has 6 open HPD violations, 3 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 146 complaints to HPD in the past year, 92 about heat or hot water. It is registered to BETANCES RAD LLC.
Does 400 Brook Avenue have open violations?
Yes: 6 open violations as of October 28, 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 | 3 |
| A, non-hazardous | About 90 days | 0 |
It has an open class C violation, as 56% of NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments do. More on buildings by size
Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 53 have been closed.
Every violation on HPD Online ↗ · How to read HPD violations
What do tenants complain about?
Tenants made 146 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 28, 2026, 92 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.
Among NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments, 72% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 57% had one about heat or hot water.
Every complaint on HPD Online ↗ · Noise complaints go to 311, not HPD
Who owns 400 Brook Avenue?
400 Brook Avenue is registered with HPD to BETANCES RAD LLC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.
26 other buildings are registered to the same company name, with 0 open violations between them.
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 March 2026. HPD’s record has 7 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.
City marshals carried out 9 evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.
For comparison, 16% of residential buildings in 10454 had a housing court case in the past five years.
Is 400 Brook Avenue rent stabilized?
No rent-stabilized apartments were registered here from 2018 to 2023. That doesn’t prove there are none: some owners don’t register them.
How to check if an apartment is rent stabilized
Scores out of ten, from today’s records
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Buildings nearby
- 370 Brook Avenue173 apartments, built 1970
- 509 East 144th Street46 apartments, built 1973
- 512 East 145th Street188 apartments, built 1972
- 423 St Anns Avenue26 apartments, built 1906
- 570 St Marys Street25 apartments, built 1920
- 370 St Anns Avenue20 apartments, built 1910
HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of October 28, 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 2-02269-0100.