Is 398 Tompkins Ave rent stabilized?
398 Tompkins Ave is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Bed-Stuy (West), Brooklyn (11216). It has about 10 apartments, built in 1910.
Also written as 398 Tompkins Avenue — or 398 Tompkins Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11216.
How this building compares
With about 10 apartments it is larger than 66% of the 784 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Bed-Stuy (West). It went up in 1910, 21 years before the 1931 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 20 open violations here, about 2.0 per apartment — above the 0.7 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 57 violations on record at the address, 21 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 11 of them are still open. HPD issued 10 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Bed-Stuy (West) |
| ZIP | 11216 |
| Year built | 1910 |
| Apartments | 10 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A, J-51 |
| BBL | 3018340038 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 396-398 REALTY CORP. 1 WELWYN RD #2053 · GREAT NECK, NY 11022 |
| Managing agent | GEORGE BONHEUR |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 20 open / 57 total · 10 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 3 open / 100 total |
| HPD registration last filed | November 6, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 398 Tompkins Ave rent stabilized?
398 Tompkins Ave in Bed-Stuy (West), Brooklyn is registered as rent stabilized in the New York State DHCR 2024 rent-stabilized building files, where its stabilization codes are MULTIPLE DWELLING A and J-51. 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 398 Tompkins Ave?
398 Tompkins Ave (BBL 3018340038) has about 10 residential apartments and was built in 1910, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.