The title compounds, Cu(L1)(C4H8NHO) and Ni(L2)(C4H8NHO) (H2L1 = 5-bro-mosalicylaldehyde-p-nitrobenzoylhydrazone, H2L2 = 5-bromosalicylaldehyde-p-hydroxybenzo-ylhydrazone), have been obtained and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Complex 1 belongs to the triclinic system, space group P1 with a = 8.6960(2), b = 9.957(2), c = 11.878(2)(A), α = 73.36(3), β = 78.25(3), γ = 82.64(3)°, V = 962.1(3) A3 Mr= 512.81, Z = 2, F(000) = 514, Dc = 1.770 g/cm3,μ(MoKα) = 3.251, R = 0.0337 and R = 0.0846. Complex 2 is of monoclinic, space group P21/c with a = 13.313(2), b = 8.2096(1), c = 21.890(3) (A), β = 125.737(3)°, V =1941.9(4) (A)3 Mr= 478.97, Z = 4, F(000) = 968, Dc = 1.638 g/cm3,μ(MoKα) = 3.085, R = 0.0356 and wR = 0.0817. The ligands form a satisfactory N2O2 square plane around the metal centers in two compounds. Different patterns of hydrogen bonds are observed owing to the presence of different substituents on aromatic ring of the acylhydrazone Schiff bases. In complex 1, square-planar copper(Ⅱ) complexes are linked by intermolecular hydrogen bonds leading to zigzag infinite chains. In complex 2, the metal complexes are linked via hydrogen bonds to form corrugated sheets in a staggered fashion; 3D channels along the b axis are constructed through other non-covalent interactions between the neighboring layers.