Is 131 E 21st St rent stabilized?
131 E 21st St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Flatbush, Brooklyn (11226). It has about 75 apartments, built in 1927.
Also written as 131 East 21st Street — or 131 E 21st St, Brooklyn, NY 11226.
How this building compares
With about 75 apartments it is larger than 88% of the 564 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Flatbush. Its 1927 construction date sits close to the 1931 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 61 open violations here, about 0.8 per apartment — close to the 0.9 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 1,497 violations on record at the address, 388 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 19 of them are still open. HPD issued 64 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Flatbush |
| ZIP | 11226 |
| Year built | 1927 |
| Apartments | 75 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 3050820072 |
Owner & management
| Owner | WEST STERLING REALTY LLC 131 E 21ST STREET · BROOKLYN, NY 11223 |
| Managing agent | ALEX CORNEJO |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 61 open / 1497 total · 64 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 7 open / 2513 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 23, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 131 E 21st St rent stabilized?
131 E 21st St in Flatbush, Brooklyn is registered as rent stabilized in the New York State DHCR 2024 rent-stabilized building files, where its stabilization code is MULTIPLE DWELLING A. 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 131 E 21st St?
131 E 21st St (BBL 3050820072) has about 75 residential apartments and was built in 1927, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.