Is 1221 Dean St rent stabilized?
1221 Dean St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn (11216). It has about 8 apartments, built in 1891.
Also written as 1221 Dean Street — or 1221 Dean St, Brooklyn, NY 11216.
How this building compares
With about 8 apartments it sits near the middle of the 1,017 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Crown Heights (North), where the median building has 8. It went up in 1891, 24 years before the 1915 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 1 open violation here, about one for every 8 apartments — below the 0.7 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 14 violations on record at the address, 2 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 73 HPD complaints at the address, 3 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Crown Heights (North) |
| ZIP | 11216 |
| Year built | 1891 |
| Apartments | 8 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING B, ROOMING HOUSE |
| BBL | 3012070060 |
Owner & management
| Owner | SMOKEY 1221 DEAN, LLC 1240 Dean Stret · Brooklyn, NY 11216 |
| Managing agent | SMOKEY 1221 DEAN, LLC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 1 open / 14 total · 2 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 73 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 6, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 1221 Dean St rent stabilized?
1221 Dean St in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn is registered as rent stabilized in the New York State DHCR 2024 rent-stabilized building files. Registration is recorded for the building, not for each apartment in it, so an individual unit here can still have been deregulated — ask the landlord or DHCR for that apartment's rent history before relying on it.
How many apartments are at 1221 Dean St?
1221 Dean St (BBL 3012070060) has about 8 residential apartments and was built in 1891, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized, and the DHCR files this site is built on register the building rather than its individual apartments.
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