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 62 open violations here, about 1.1 per apartment — above the 0.8 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 277 violations on record at the address, 89 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 225 HPD complaints at the address, 59 of them 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 | 62 open / 277 total · 101 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 1 open / 225 total |
| HPD registration last filed | February 10, 2026 |