Is 259 Brooklyn Ave rent stabilized?
259 Brooklyn Ave is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn (11213). It has about 16 apartments, built in 1911.
Also written as 259 Brooklyn Avenue — or 259 Brooklyn Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11213.
How this building compares
With about 16 apartments it is larger than 69% of the 1,017 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Crown Heights (North). Its 1911 construction date sits close to the 1915 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 22 open violations here, about 1.4 per apartment — above the 0.7 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 93 violations on record at the address, 22 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 6 of them are still open. HPD issued 18 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Crown Heights (North) |
| ZIP | 11213 |
| Year built | 1911 |
| Apartments | 16 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 3012570005 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 259 BROOKLYN REALTY 259 Brooklyn Ave · Brooklyn, NY 11213 |
| Managing agent | David Braun |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 22 open / 93 total · 18 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 4 open / 341 total |
| HPD registration last filed | September 11, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 259 Brooklyn Ave rent stabilized?
259 Brooklyn Ave in Crown Heights (North), 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 259 Brooklyn Ave?
259 Brooklyn Ave (BBL 3012570005) has about 16 residential apartments and was built in 1911, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.
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