Is 165 Howard Ave rent stabilized?
165 Howard Ave is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Bed-Stuy (East), Brooklyn (11233). It has about 8 apartments, built in 1906.
Also written as 165 Howard Avenue — or 165 Howard Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11233.
How this building compares
With about 8 apartments it sits near the middle of the 816 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Bed-Stuy (East), where the median building has 7. It went up in 1906, 25 years before the 1931 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 21 open violations here, about 2.6 per apartment — above the 0.6 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 306 violations on record at the address, 98 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 8 of them are still open. HPD issued 20 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Bed-Stuy (East) |
| ZIP | 11233 |
| Year built | 1906 |
| Apartments | 8 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING B |
| BBL | 3015050001 |
Owner & management
| Owner | DS BROOKLYN PORTFOLIO OWNER LLC 114 E 13TH ST #FRONT- · New York, NY 10003 |
| Managing agent | DS BROOKLYN PORTFOLIO OWNER LLC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 21 open / 306 total · 20 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 8 open / 580 total |
| HPD registration last filed | June 10, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 165 Howard Ave rent stabilized?
165 Howard Ave in Bed-Stuy (East), Brooklyn is registered as rent stabilized in the New York State DHCR 2024 rent-stabilized building files, where its stabilization code is MULTIPLE DWELLING B. 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 165 Howard Ave?
165 Howard Ave (BBL 3015050001) has about 8 residential apartments and was built in 1906, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.