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437 Kingston Avenue

A 4-story building with 38 apartments, built in 1924, in Brooklyn, NY 11213.

HPD records as of October 23, 2026

18open HPD violations6 immediately hazardous
8complaints to HPD, past year1 about heat or hot water
38rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2019
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years6 older

437 Kingston Avenue has 18 open HPD violations, 6 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 8 complaints to HPD in the past year, 1 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 437 BMW LLC. 38 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2019.

Does 437 Kingston Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 18 open violations as of October 23, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most6
B, hazardous30 days12
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days0

It has an open class C violation, as 66% of NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments do. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 4 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 8 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 23, 2026, 1 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments, 69% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 53% had one about heat or hot water.

Who owns 437 Kingston Avenue?

437 Kingston Avenue is registered with HPD to 437 BMW LLC. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 6 older cases, the latest from 2019.

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

For comparison, 7% of residential buildings in 11213 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 437 Kingston Avenue rent stabilized?

38 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2019, the same as in 2018. That’s 38 of the building’s 38 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of October 23, 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 3-01326-0015.