Is 640 Ditmas Ave rent stabilized?
640 Ditmas Ave is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Kensington, Brooklyn (11218). It has about 39 apartments, built in 1920.
Also written as 640 Ditmas Avenue — or 640 Ditmas Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11218.
How this building compares
With about 39 apartments it sits near the middle of the 195 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Kensington, where the median building has 31. Its 1920 construction date sits close to the 1930 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 132 open violations here, about 3.4 per apartment — above the 0.6 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 371 violations on record at the address, 55 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 18 of them are still open. HPD issued 25 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Kensington |
| ZIP | 11218 |
| Year built | 1920 |
| Apartments | 39 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A, COOP/CONDO PLAN FILE |
| BBL | 3054007502 |
Owner & management
| Owner | The Commodore Condominium 640 DITMAS AVE · Brooklyn, NY 11218 |
| Managing agent | PROREALTY TEAM LLC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 132 open / 371 total · 25 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 1 open / 475 total |
| HPD registration last filed | March 9, 2026 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 640 Ditmas Ave rent stabilized?
640 Ditmas Ave in Kensington, Brooklyn is registered as rent stabilized in the New York State DHCR 2024 rent-stabilized building files, where its stabilization codes are MULTIPLE DWELLING A and COOP/CONDO PLAN FILE. 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 640 Ditmas Ave?
640 Ditmas Ave (BBL 3054007502) has about 39 residential apartments and was built in 1920, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.