Is 639 Hicks St rent stabilized?
639 Hicks St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn (11231). It has about 7 apartments, built in 1900.
Also written as 639 Hicks Street — or 639 Hicks St, Brooklyn, NY 11231.
How this building compares
With about 7 apartments it is smaller than 72% of the 392 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook. It went up in 1900, 20 years before the 1920 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 2 open violations here, about one for every 4 apartments — matching the median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 10 violations on record at the address, 2 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and none of them are still open. Tenants have filed 32 HPD complaints at the address, none of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook |
| ZIP | 11231 |
| Year built | 1900 |
| Apartments | 7 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 3003590047 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 639 HICKS STREET LLC 490 Clinton Street · Brooklyn, NY 11231 |
| Managing agent | Yak Management LLC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 2 open / 10 total |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 32 total |
| HPD registration last filed | September 23, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 639 Hicks St rent stabilized?
639 Hicks St in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, 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 639 Hicks St?
639 Hicks St (BBL 3003590047) has about 7 residential apartments and was built in 1900, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.
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