40 Malcolm X Boulevard

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-01607-0040BIN 3043464

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

013 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 4 apartments
023 of those issued in the last 3 years
032 open rent-impairing violation(s)
042 active DOB violation(s)

How this is set: open hazardous violations measured against the building's size, then raised by strong distress signals — HPD's enforcement program, court harassment findings, recent evictions, unpaid DOB fines, open housing-court cases, and a sold tax lien. Neighborhood noise and crime are not part of it. It describes the public record, not the condition of any one apartment, and a quiet record is not proof of a good building.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

On the NYC DHCR 2024 registered rent-stabilized building list. This official list records the building, not a per-year unit count.

J-51 tax benefit

Rent stabilization here may be tied to a tax benefit and can end when the benefit expires.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.

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Rent regulation

The building

1931

Built

Floors

Residential units

Mixed residential / commercial

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building7 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

On record

Open Class C

Open Class B

Open Class A

Class C is immediately hazardous, Class B is hazardous, Class A is non-hazardous. A violation stays open until HPD certifies the repair, so some open items may already be fixed.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-09-15

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES AT LAUNDRY ROOM

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-09-15RENT-IMPAIRING

567 (C) § 27-2017, 27-2017.1, 27-2017.4, 27-2017.5, 27-2017.8, 27-2019, 27-2021 HMC: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EVIDENCE OF RATS AND ALL UNDERLYING CAUSES CREATING THE PEST INFESTATIONS, BY USING INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPM), ELIMINATE ALL BURROW ENTRY AND PASSAGEWAYS, PEST NESTS, HOLES, GAPS OR CRACKS IN WALLS, CEILINGS, FLOORS, FIXING LEAKS AND MANAGING GARBAGE IN PUBLIC AREAS. EVIDENCE FOUND AT RATS AT LAUNDRY ROOM

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4FIssued 2025-10-03

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4F, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-08-05RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF BICYCLE AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Nov Certified On Time

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition20

Electric3

Door/Window2

Heat/Hot Water2

Plumbing2

Water Leak2

Unsanitary ConditionPests2026-09-01 · closed

Unsanitary ConditionPests2026-08-26 · closed

Unsanitary ConditionGarbage/Recycling Storage2026-08-24 · closed

Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

732

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential275

Commercial245

Street/Sidewalk109

Unspecified66

Park20

Vehicle16

Helicopter1

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly residential) — street life and traffic more than neighbors. This counts how often people call 311, which tracks how densely populated and busy an area is as much as how loud it is — it is not a sound measurement.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

323

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony85

Misdemeanor173

Violation65

NYPD complaints reported within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year, by severity. This reflects what gets reported and where police are active as much as actual safety, and busier, denser, higher-foot-traffic blocks log more. Locations are approximate — the NYPD shifts each report to the nearest corner for privacy — so read this as rough context, not a safety score.

Neighborhood crime

Bedbug history

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 6 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2019-01-25

FTM:4STY+C EXP2 WALL IN EXTREME STATE OF DISREPAIR THRUOUT W/DETACHING STUCCO&MISSING BRICKS DETERIORATED MASONRY&BRICKS DETERIORATED BRICKS ALSO OBSERVED AT INTERIOR OF EXP2 WALL WHERE EXPOSED IN STAIRWELL AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS PROV RPRS U/PERMIT TO EXP2 WALL@DIR OF PE OBT PMT BY 2/22/19 START WRK BY 3/1/19 COMPL WRK AND PERMIT S/O BY 7/8/19

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1993-08-16

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

Cases on record

Open now

Tenant-brought

Harassment found

With a judgment

Most cases are tenants taking the owner to court to force repairs. A case is not proof of wrongdoing; a harassment finding or judgment is a court ruling against the owner.

CLOSEDOpened 2025-10-23

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2007-02-07

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

MALCOLM X ONE LLC

Head officer

JACK ZIMMER

Managing agent

JACK ZIMMER

7 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.

1430 PUTNAM AVENUEBROOKLYN 15 GUNTHER PLACEBROOKLYN 38 MALCOLM X BOULEVARDBROOKLYN 421 ROGERS AVENUEBROOKLYN 423 ROGERS AVENUEBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "Lost by default" means the owner never appeared at the hearing. An unpaid balance is a stronger "ignoring the city" signal than a raw violation count.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Speculation watch

·Bought and resold within a few years — rapid turnover is a common speculation signal

A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2013-05-13 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2022-04-27 · $410,310.72

Mortgage2022-04-27$410,310.72

borrower MALCOLM X ONE, LLC · lender KEARNY BANK

Mortgage2014-10-21$3,712,607.79

borrower MALCOLM X ONE LLC · lender KEARNY FERDERAL SAVINGS BANK

Mortgage2014-01-09$300,000

borrower MALCOLM X ONE LLC · lender 8 TRIBES CAPITAL LLC

Sale2013-05-13no recorded price

SHEFA TRADING LLC → MALCOLM X ONE LLC

Mortgage2013-05-13$1,000,000

borrower MALCOLM X ONE LLC · lender BROADVIEW CAPITAL FUNDING LLC

From ACRIS recorded documents. Amounts are often $0 or nominal for transfers between related parties, and LLCs can obscure who is really involved — treat this as public-record context, not a valuation.

Ownership & money

City debt & tax-lien sale

Not on the city's tax-lien sale list (2019–2025). The owner has not fallen far enough behind on property tax or water charges to be flagged for a lien sale.

City debt & tax-lien sale