Is 500 53rd St rent stabilized?
500 53rd St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn (11220). It has about 8 apartments, built in 1927.
Also written as 500 53rd Street — or 500 53rd St, Brooklyn, NY 11220.
How this building compares
With about 8 apartments it sits near the middle of the 382 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Sunset Park (Central), where the median building has 6. Its 1927 construction date sits close to the 1923 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 34 open violations here, about 4.2 per apartment — above the 0.8 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 344 violations on record at the address, 103 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 8 of them are still open. Tenants have filed 93 HPD complaints at the address, none of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Sunset Park (Central) |
| ZIP | 11220 |
| Year built | 1927 |
| Apartments | 8 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 3008160009 |
Owner & management
| Owner | KWOK &SHAO REALTY INc 44 MONROE STREEt #C28 · NRE YORk, NY 10002 |
| Managing agent | CHUn KWOk |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 34 open / 344 total |
| HPD complaints | 6 open / 93 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 14, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 500 53rd St rent stabilized?
500 53rd St in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn is registered as rent stabilized in the New York State DHCR 2024 rent-stabilized building files, where its stabilization code is MULTIPLE DWELLING A. 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 500 53rd St?
500 53rd St (BBL 3008160009) has about 8 residential apartments and was built in 1927, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.
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