Is 159 Halsey St rent stabilized?
159 Halsey St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Bed-Stuy (West), Brooklyn (11216). It has about 16 apartments, built in 1895.
Also written as 159 Halsey Street — or 159 Halsey St, Brooklyn, NY 11216.
How this building compares
With about 16 apartments it is larger than 76% of the 784 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Bed-Stuy (West). It went up in 1895, 36 years before the 1931 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 157 open violations here, about 9.8 per apartment — above the 0.7 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 374 violations on record at the address, 77 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 31 of them are still open. HPD issued 55 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Bed-Stuy (West) |
| ZIP | 11216 |
| Year built | 1895 |
| Apartments | 16 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 3018380053 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 159 HAL MA LTD 1160 DEAN STREET · Brooklyn, NY 11216 |
| Managing agent | LYNETTE GILL |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 157 open / 374 total · 55 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 3 open / 416 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 29, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 159 Halsey St rent stabilized?
159 Halsey St in Bed-Stuy (West), 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 159 Halsey St?
159 Halsey St (BBL 3018380053) has about 16 residential apartments and was built in 1895, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.