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. Its 1930 construction date sits close to the 1930 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 5 open violations here, about one for every 2 apartments — below the 0.8 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. 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 · 12 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 83 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 18, 2025 |