Is 161 Halsey St rent stabilized?
161 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 161 Halsey Street — or 161 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 4 open violations here, about one for every 4 apartments — below the 0.7 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 117 violations on record at the address, 25 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and none of them are still open. Tenants have filed 89 HPD complaints at the address, none of them 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, GARDEN COMPLEX |
| BBL | 3018380051 |
Owner & management
| Owner | JOE CENTRAL BROOKLYN LLC 2 KINGSLAND AVENUE · Brooklyn, NY 11211 |
| Managing agent | ST. NICKS ALLIANCE |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 4 open / 117 total |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 89 total |
| HPD registration last filed | September 9, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 161 Halsey St rent stabilized?
161 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 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 161 Halsey St?
161 Halsey St (BBL 3018380051) 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.