Is 138 E 55th St rent stabilized?
138 E 55th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in East Flatbush-Rugby, Brooklyn (11203). It has about 6 apartments, built in 1930.
Also written as 138 East 55th Street — or 138 E 55th St, Brooklyn, NY 11203.
How this building compares
With about 6 apartments it sits near the middle of the 208 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in East Flatbush-Rugby, where the median building has 7. HPD lists 7 open violations here, about 1.2 per apartment — below the 1.9 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 40 violations on record at the address, 5 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 2 of them are still open. HPD issued 1 new violation at the address in the last twelve months. Tenants have filed 12 HPD complaints at the address, none of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | East Flatbush-Rugby |
| ZIP | 11203 |
| Year built | 1930 |
| Apartments | 6 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 3046600019 |
Owner & management
| Owner | CYNTHIA CATON 825 LENOX ROAD · BROOKLYN, NY 11203 |
| Managing agent | RAPHAEL CATON |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 7 open / 40 total · 1 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 12 total |
| HPD registration last filed | October 27, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 138 E 55th St rent stabilized?
138 E 55th St in East Flatbush-Rugby, 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 138 E 55th St?
138 E 55th St (BBL 3046600019) has about 6 residential apartments and was built in 1930, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.
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