Is 537 56th St rent stabilized?
537 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 537 56th Street — or 537 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 34 open violations here, about 4.2 per apartment — above the 0.8 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 47 violations on record at the address, 12 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 10 of them are still open. HPD issued 1 new violation at the address 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 B, GARDEN COMPLEX |
| BBL | 3008320063 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 537 56TH STREET INC 20002 34TH AVENUE · Bayside, NY 11361 |
| Managing agent | MAO DONG |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 34 open / 47 total · 1 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 28 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 20, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 537 56th St rent stabilized?
537 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 codes are MULTIPLE DWELLING B and GARDEN COMPLEX. 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 537 56th St?
537 56th St (BBL 3008320063) 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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