Is 159 Suydam St rent stabilized?
159 Suydam St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn (11221). It has about 8 apartments, built in 1931.
Also written as 159 Suydam Street — or 159 Suydam St, Brooklyn, NY 11221.
How this building compares
With about 8 apartments it is larger than 78% of the 1,195 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Bushwick (West). HPD lists 227 open violations here, about 28.4 per apartment — above the 0.7 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 452 violations on record at the address, 153 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 68 of them are still open. HPD issued 1 new violation at the address in the last twelve months. Tenants have filed 229 HPD complaints at the address, none of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Bushwick (West) |
| ZIP | 11221 |
| Year built | 1931 |
| Apartments | 8 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A, GARDEN COMPLEX |
| BBL | 3032080052 |
Owner & management
| Owner | SUYDAM NY REALTY LLC 116 NOSTRAND · Brooklyn, NY 11205 |
| Managing agent | WATERFRONT MANAGEMENT |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 227 open / 452 total · 1 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 229 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 24, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 159 Suydam St rent stabilized?
159 Suydam St in Bushwick (West), 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 and GARDEN COMPLEX. 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 Suydam St?
159 Suydam St (BBL 3032080052) has about 8 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.