Is 536 Watkins St rent stabilized?
536 Watkins St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Brownsville, Brooklyn (11212). It has about 56 apartments, built in 2009.
Also written as 536 Watkins Street — or 536 Watkins St, Brooklyn, NY 11212.
How this building compares
With about 56 apartments it is larger than 86% of the 175 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Brownsville. It went up in 2009, 79 years after the 1930 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 53 open violations here, about 0.9 per apartment — close to the 1.0 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 278 violations on record at the address, 89 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 20 of them are still open. HPD issued 96 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Brownsville |
| ZIP | 11212 |
| Year built | 2009 |
| Apartments | 56 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 3036170025 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 550 WATKINS ST.HOUS.DEV.FUND CO.,INC 551 VANDALIA AVENUE · BROOKLYN, NY 11239 |
| Managing agent | THE WAVECREST MGMT TEAM |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 53 open / 278 total · 96 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 225 total |
| HPD registration last filed | February 10, 2026 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 536 Watkins St rent stabilized?
536 Watkins 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 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 536 Watkins St?
536 Watkins St (BBL 3036170025) has about 56 residential apartments and was built in 2009, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.