Is 156 E 21st St rent stabilized?
156 E 21st St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Flatbush, Brooklyn (11226). It has about 38 apartments, built in 1931.
Also written as 156 East 21st Street — or 156 E 21st St, Brooklyn, NY 11226.
How this building compares
With about 38 apartments it sits near the middle of the 564 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Flatbush, where the median building has 35. HPD lists 102 open violations here, about 2.7 per apartment — above the 0.9 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 2,363 violations on record at the address, 922 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 51 of them are still open. HPD issued 107 new violations at the address in the last twelve months. Tenants have filed 2,637 HPD complaints at the address, 178 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Flatbush |
| ZIP | 11226 |
| Year built | 1931 |
| Apartments | 38 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 3050810039 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 156 E 21 LLC 169 Washington Park #1A · Brooklyn, NY 11205 |
| Managing agent | Adel Alahwas |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 102 open / 2363 total · 107 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 19 open / 2637 total |
| HPD registration last filed | July 8, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 156 E 21st St rent stabilized?
156 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 156 E 21st St?
156 E 21st St (BBL 3050810039) has about 38 residential apartments and was built in 1931, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.