Is 131 Watkins St rent stabilized?
131 Watkins St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Brownsville, Brooklyn (11212). It has about 3 apartments, built in 2005.
Also written as 131 Watkins Street — or 131 Watkins St, Brooklyn, NY 11212.
How this building compares
With about 3 apartments it is smaller than 88% of the 175 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Brownsville. It went up in 2005, 75 years after the 1930 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 24 open violations here, about 8.0 per apartment — above the 1.0 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 37 violations on record at the address, 5 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and all of them are still open. Tenants have filed 16 HPD complaints at the address, none of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Brownsville |
| ZIP | 11212 |
| Year built | 2005 |
| Apartments | 3 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A, GARDEN COMPLEX, 421-A (1-15) |
| BBL | 3035250008 |
Owner & management
| Owner | SAPHIRE REALTY GROUP INC 131 CORNELL DRIVE · Commack, NY 11725 |
| Managing agent | SAPHIRE RELTY GROUP INC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 24 open / 37 total |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 16 total |
| HPD registration last filed | July 11, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 131 Watkins St rent stabilized?
131 Watkins St in Brownsville, Brooklyn is registered as rent stabilized in the New York State DHCR 2024 rent-stabilized building files, where its stabilization codes are MULTIPLE DWELLING A, GARDEN COMPLEX and 421-A (1-15). 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 Watkins St?
131 Watkins St (BBL 3035250008) has about 3 residential apartments and was built in 2005, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.