Is 159 18th St rent stabilized?
159 18th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn (11215). It has about 6 apartments, built in 1920.
Also written as 159 18th Street — or 159 18th St, Brooklyn, NY 11215.
How this building compares
With about 6 apartments it sits near the middle of the 532 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Sunset Park (West), where the median building has 6. Its 1920 construction date sits close to the 1924 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 4 open violations here, about 0.7 per apartment — above the 0.5 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 16 violations on record at the address, 2 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 116 HPD complaints at the address, 7 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Sunset Park (West) |
| ZIP | 11215 |
| Year built | 1920 |
| Apartments | 6 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 3006300045 |
Owner & management
| Owner | BHAWAN 159 REALTY LLC 159 18TH STREET · BROOKLYN, NY 11215 |
| Managing agent | RAVINDRA KUMAR |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 4 open / 16 total · 6 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 116 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 1, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 159 18th St rent stabilized?
159 18th St in Sunset Park (West), 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 159 18th St?
159 18th St (BBL 3006300045) has about 6 residential apartments and was built in 1920, 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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