Is 278 Chauncey St rent stabilized?
278 Chauncey St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Bed-Stuy (East), Brooklyn (11233). It has about 8 apartments, built in 1920.
Also written as 278 Chauncey Street — or 278 Chauncey St, 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. Its 1920 construction date sits close to the 1931 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 170 open violations here, about 21.2 per apartment — above the 0.6 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 940 violations on record at the address, 243 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 69 of them are still open. HPD issued 31 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Bed-Stuy (East) |
| ZIP | 11233 |
| Year built | 1920 |
| Apartments | 8 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 3015130014 |
Owner & management
| Owner | CHAUNCEY EQUITIES LLC 337 SHORE RD #3 FL · Great Neck, NY 11023 |
| Managing agent | CHAUNCEY STREET |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 170 open / 940 total · 31 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 893 total |
| HPD registration last filed | November 1, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 278 Chauncey St rent stabilized?
278 Chauncey St 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 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 278 Chauncey St?
278 Chauncey St (BBL 3015130014) has about 8 residential apartments and was built in 1920, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.