Is 421 Smith St rent stabilized?
421 Smith St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn (11231). It has about 8 apartments, built in 1931.
Also written as 421 Smith Street — or 421 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY 11231.
How this building compares
With about 8 apartments it sits near the middle of the 392 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, where the median building has 8. Its 1931 construction date sits close to the 1920 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 1 open violation here, about one for every 8 apartments — below the one for every 4 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 57 violations on record at the address, 34 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 88 HPD complaints at the address, 5 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook |
| ZIP | 11231 |
| Year built | 1931 |
| Apartments | 8 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A, GARDEN COMPLEX |
| BBL | 3004680002 |
Owner & management
| Owner | FAC RENAISSANCE HDFC 621 DEGRAW ST · BKLYN, NY 11217 |
| Managing agent | FIFTH AVE COMMITTEE |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 1 open / 57 total · 6 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 88 total |
| HPD registration last filed | September 10, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 421 Smith St rent stabilized?
421 Smith St in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, 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 421 Smith St?
421 Smith St (BBL 3004680002) has about 8 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.
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