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 24 open violations here, about one for every 2 apartments — below the 0.9 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 1,530 violations on record at the address, 339 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 1,720 HPD complaints at the address, 46 of them 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 | 24 open / 1530 total · 54 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 1720 total |
| HPD registration last filed | July 18, 2025 |