Is 497 Chester St rent stabilized?
497 Chester St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Brownsville, Brooklyn (11212). It has about 12 apartments, built in 1930.
Also written as 497 Chester Street — or 497 Chester St, Brooklyn, NY 11212.
How this building compares
With about 12 apartments it sits near the middle of the 175 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Brownsville, where the median building has 10. HPD lists 5 open violations here, about one for every 2 apartments — below the 1.0 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 139 violations on record at the address, 31 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 2 of them are still open. HPD issued 2 new violations at the address in the last twelve months. Tenants have filed 83 HPD complaints at the address, none of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Brownsville |
| ZIP | 11212 |
| Year built | 1930 |
| Apartments | 12 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING B |
| BBL | 3036140032 |
Owner & management
| Owner | MHANY 2002 HDFC 470 VANDERBILT AVENUE #9TH FL · Brooklyn, NY 11238 |
| Managing agent | MHANY MANAGEMENT, INC. |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 5 open / 139 total · 2 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 83 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 18, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 497 Chester St rent stabilized?
497 Chester St in Brownsville, Brooklyn is registered as rent stabilized in the New York State DHCR 2024 rent-stabilized building files, where its stabilization code is MULTIPLE DWELLING B. 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 497 Chester St?
497 Chester St (BBL 3036140032) has about 12 residential apartments and was built in 1930, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.