Is 42 Howard Ave rent stabilized?
42 Howard Ave is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Bed-Stuy (East), Brooklyn (11221). It has about 6 apartments, built in 1905.
Also written as 42 Howard Avenue — or 42 Howard Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221.
How this building compares
With about 6 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. It went up in 1905, 26 years before the 1931 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 2 open violations here, about one for every 3 apartments — below the 0.6 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 104 violations on record at the address, 28 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 1 of them is still open. HPD issued 2 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Bed-Stuy (East) |
| ZIP | 11221 |
| Year built | 1905 |
| Apartments | 6 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A, GARDEN COMPLEX |
| BBL | 3014850039 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 42 HOWARD-PUTNAM LLC 33 Nassau Avenue · Brooklyn, NY 11222 |
| Managing agent | Marcourt Properties LLC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 2 open / 104 total · 2 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 279 total |
| HPD registration last filed | July 11, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 42 Howard Ave rent stabilized?
42 Howard Ave in Bed-Stuy (East), 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 GARDEN COMPLEX. 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 42 Howard Ave?
42 Howard Ave (BBL 3014850039) has about 6 residential apartments and was built in 1905, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.