40 Cooper Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-03438-0030BIN 3079872

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0110 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 8 apartments
025 of those issued in the last 3 years
035 open rent-impairing violation(s)
049 active DOB violation(s)
051 DOB fine lost by default (unpaid)

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.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1904

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

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 I · NON-HAZARDOUS

§ 27-2142 ADM CODE APTS HAVE BEEN VACATED BY THIS DEPARTMENT AND CANNOT BE REOCCUPIED UNTIL SO ORDERED AFTER PROOF OF COMPLIANCE FOR APTS 2B (2ND STORY, 1ST APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST). VACATE #152287

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS I · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 1980-07-075+ YRS OLD

D26-35.01 ADM CODE ABOVE PREMISES HAVE BEEN VACANT AND UNTENANTED EXCEPT FOR CARETAKER FOR 60 DAYS OR MORE, AND CANNOT BE REOCCUPIED UNTIL A NEW CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY HAS BEEN OBTAINED. PREMISES HAVE BEEN VACANT SINCE 01 11 80.

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-06-13

§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE HINGES AT FRONT ENTRANCE AT CELLAR

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-06-13RENT-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 YARD

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water1

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2021-02-13 · 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

817

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential569

Street/Sidewalk110

Unspecified55

Commercial40

Vehicle39

House of Worship4

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about noise from inside buildings — neighbors, not the street. 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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

244

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony95

Misdemeanor99

Violation50

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

Infested, latest filing

Annual filings

2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated

2021–20221 infested · 11 eradicated

Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2024-09-05

REQUEST ENGINEERING REPORT DUE AN ABUNDANCE OF SOIL FROM CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS TAKING PLACE AT EXPOSURE 2 (1388 BUSHWICK AVENUE) ALONG WITH MATERIAL HAS BEEN STORED ALONG EXTERIOR WALL POTENTIALLY COMPROMISING STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE BUILDING.

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-06-30

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2021 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2020-11-25

STRUCTURE RENDERED NON-COMPLIANT. DUE TO EXCAVATION ONGOING AT ADJACENT PROPERTY 42 COOPER ST. THE FOLLOWING DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED. AT CORNER OF BUILDING AT EXPOSURE 2 + 3 LARGE VERTICAL CRACK APPEARS, ALSO NOTED AT EXPOSURE 3 VERTICAL CRACKS APPEAR BETWEEN WINDOWS AT CORNERS RUNNING VERTICAL.

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

KENNETH GIBSON

Head officer

KENNETH GIBSON

No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

$26,250

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.

ConstructionClass 22026-08-04$1,250 due

DEFAULTConstructionClass 12025-04-03$25,000 due

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1986-08-14 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage1985-10-22 · $18,675

Sale1986-08-14no recorded price

CASTILLO, VINICIO → GIBSON, KENNETH

Mortgage1985-10-22$18,675

borrower CASTILLO, VINICIO · lender CITY OF NEW YORK

Sale1984-11-11no recorded price

CITY OF NEW YORK → CASTILLO, VINICIO

Sale1983-05-17no recorded price

COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE → NEW YORK CITY

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