Is 296 Schaefer St rent stabilized?
296 Schaefer St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn (11237). It has about 6 apartments, built in 1906.
Also written as 296 Schaefer Street — or 296 Schaefer St, Brooklyn, NY 11237.
How this building compares
With about 6 apartments it sits near the middle of the 641 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Bushwick (East), where the median building has 6. It went up in 1906, 25 years before the 1931 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 24 open violations here, about 4.0 per apartment — above the 0.8 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 230 violations on record at the address, 86 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 177 HPD complaints at the address, none of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Bushwick (East) |
| ZIP | 11237 |
| Year built | 1906 |
| Apartments | 6 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 3034310042 |
Owner & management
| Owner | SCHAEFER DEVELOPMENT GROUP 240 KENT AVENUE #3-10B · Brooklyn, NY 11249 |
| Managing agent | BIG INVESTORS |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 24 open / 230 total |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 177 total |
| HPD registration last filed | June 23, 2025 |