Is 173 Gelston Ave rent stabilized?
173 Gelston Ave is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn (11209). It has about 9 apartments, built in 2004.
Also written as 173 Gelston Avenue — or 173 Gelston Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11209.
How this building compares
With about 9 apartments it sits near the middle of the 692 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Bay Ridge, where the median building has 7. It went up in 2004, 76 years after the 1928 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 11 open violations here, about 1.2 per apartment — above the one for every 2 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 14 violations on record at the address, 1 is class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and it is no longer open. Tenants have filed 21 HPD complaints at the address, 16 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Bay Ridge |
| ZIP | 11209 |
| Year built | 2004 |
| Apartments | 9 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 3061100017 |
Owner & management
| Owner | GALEN REALTY CORP 8027 THIRD AVENUE · Brooklyn, NY 11209 |
| Managing agent | NARROWS MANAGEMENT |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 11 open / 14 total |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 21 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 7, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 173 Gelston Ave rent stabilized?
173 Gelston Ave in Bay Ridge, 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 173 Gelston Ave?
173 Gelston Ave (BBL 3061100017) has about 9 residential apartments and was built in 2004, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.