Is 520 Jefferson Ave rent stabilized?
520 Jefferson Ave is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Bed-Stuy (East), Brooklyn (11221). It has about 8 apartments, built in 1910.
Also written as 520 Jefferson Avenue — or 520 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221.
How this building compares
With about 8 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 1910, 21 years before the 1931 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 13 open violations here, about 1.6 per apartment — above the 0.6 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 22 violations on record at the address, 4 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 45 HPD complaints at the address, 2 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Bed-Stuy (East) |
| ZIP | 11221 |
| Year built | 1910 |
| Apartments | 8 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 3016540016 |
Owner & management
| Owner | DOUGLAS ADAMS 21-14 ELK DRIVE #1ST FL · FAR-ROCKAWAY, NY 11691 |
| Managing agent | DOUGLAS ADAMS |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 13 open / 22 total |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 45 total |
| HPD registration last filed | September 29, 2025 |