Is 259 Saint Nicholas Ave rent stabilized?
259 Saint Nicholas Ave is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn (11237). It has about 7 apartments, built in 1931.
Also written as 259 Saint Nicholas Avenue — or 259 Saint Nicholas Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11237.
How this building compares
With about 7 apartments it is larger than 75% of the 1,195 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Bushwick (West). Its 1931 construction date sits close to the 1931 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 9 open violations here, about 1.3 per apartment — above the 0.7 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 52 violations on record at the address, 4 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 79 HPD complaints at the address, 9 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Bushwick (West) |
| ZIP | 11237 |
| Year built | 1931 |
| Apartments | 7 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 3033120001 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 259 ST NICHOLAS LLC 599 MANHATTAN AVE #3 · BROOKLYN, NY 11222 |
| Managing agent | L ROSE REALTY, INC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 9 open / 52 total · 6 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 79 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 4, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 259 Saint Nicholas Ave rent stabilized?
259 Saint Nicholas Ave in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn is registered as rent stabilized in the New York State DHCR 2024 rent-stabilized building files. 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 Saint Nicholas Ave?
259 Saint Nicholas Ave (BBL 3033120001) has about 7 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, and the DHCR files this site is built on register the building rather than its individual apartments.