Is 531 56th St rent stabilized?
531 56th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn (11220). It has about 8 apartments, built in 1905.
Also written as 531 56th Street — or 531 56th 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. It went up in 1905, 18 years before the 1923 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 8 open violations here, about 1.0 per apartment — close to the 0.8 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 77 violations on record at the address, 22 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 2 of them are still open. Tenants have filed 106 HPD complaints at the address, 1 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Sunset Park (Central) |
| ZIP | 11220 |
| Year built | 1905 |
| Apartments | 8 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 3008320065 |
Owner & management
| Owner | LAI CHAN 833 43RD STREET ##3 · Brooklyn, NY 11232 |
| Managing agent | WAI CHAN |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 8 open / 77 total |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 106 total |
| HPD registration last filed | June 4, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 531 56th St rent stabilized?
531 56th 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 531 56th St?
531 56th St (BBL 3008320065) has about 8 residential apartments and was built in 1905, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.
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