Is 555 To 559 E 5th St rent stabilized?
555 To 559 E 5th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Kensington, Brooklyn (11218). It has about 20 apartments, built in 1922.
Also written as 555 To 559 East 5th Street — or 555 To 559 E 5th St, Brooklyn, NY 11218.
How this building compares
With about 20 apartments it sits near the middle of the 195 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Kensington, where the median building has 31. Its 1922 construction date sits close to the 1930 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 33 open violations here, about 1.6 per apartment — above the 0.6 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 441 violations on record at the address, 122 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 20 of them are still open. HPD issued 70 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Kensington |
| ZIP | 11218 |
| Year built | 1922 |
| Apartments | 20 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING B |
| BBL | 3053740057 |
Owner & management
| Owner | RDJ HOUSING LLC 4722 18TH AVE · Brooklyn, NY 11204 |
| Managing agent | WATERSTONE GROUP LLC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 33 open / 441 total · 70 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 432 total |
| HPD registration last filed | December 11, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 555 To 559 E 5th St rent stabilized?
555 To 559 E 5th St in Kensington, Brooklyn is registered as rent stabilized in the New York State DHCR 2024 rent-stabilized building files, where its stabilization code is MULTIPLE DWELLING B. 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 555 To 559 E 5th St?
555 To 559 E 5th St (BBL 3053740057) has about 20 residential apartments and was built in 1922, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.