Is 557 E 21st St rent stabilized?
557 E 21st St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Flatbush, Brooklyn (11226). It has about 58 apartments, built in 1961.
Also written as 557 East 21st Street — or 557 E 21st St, Brooklyn, NY 11226.
How this building compares
With about 58 apartments it is larger than 77% of the 564 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Flatbush. It went up in 1961, 30 years after the 1931 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 50 open violations here, about 0.9 per apartment — matching the median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 1,564 violations on record at the address, 350 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 17 of them are still open. HPD issued 77 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Flatbush |
| ZIP | 11226 |
| Year built | 1961 |
| Apartments | 58 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING B |
| BBL | 3051850059 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 557 MANAGEMENT, LLC 697 EAST 7TH STREET · Brooklyn, NY 11218 |
| Managing agent | 557 MANAGEMENT LLC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 50 open / 1564 total · 77 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 1731 total |
| HPD registration last filed | July 18, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 557 E 21st St rent stabilized?
557 E 21st St in Flatbush, 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 557 E 21st St?
557 E 21st St (BBL 3051850059) has about 58 residential apartments and was built in 1961, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.