Is 542 Lorimer St rent stabilized?
542 Lorimer St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn (11211). It has about 8 apartments, built in 1930.
Also written as 542 Lorimer Street — or 542 Lorimer St, Brooklyn, NY 11211.
How this building compares
With about 8 apartments it sits near the middle of the 637 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in East Williamsburg, where the median building has 7. HPD lists 8 open violations here, about 1.0 per apartment — above the one for every 8 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 20 violations on record at the address, 3 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and all of them are still open. Tenants have filed 23 HPD complaints at the address, 6 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | East Williamsburg |
| ZIP | 11211 |
| Year built | 1930 |
| Apartments | 8 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 3027680004 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 542 LORIMER STREET, LLC 97 GREENPOINT AVE · Brooklyn, NY 11222 |
| Managing agent | JOHN IMPERATORE |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 8 open / 20 total |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 23 total |
| HPD registration last filed | September 8, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 542 Lorimer St rent stabilized?
542 Lorimer St in East Williamsburg, 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 542 Lorimer St?
542 Lorimer St (BBL 3027680004) has about 8 residential apartments and was built in 1930, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.
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