Is 697 Franklin Ave rent stabilized?
697 Franklin Ave is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn (11238). It has about 8 apartments, built in 1931.
Also written as 697 Franklin Avenue — or 697 Franklin Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238.
How this building compares
With about 8 apartments it sits near the middle of the 1,017 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Crown Heights (North), where the median building has 8. It went up in 1931, 16 years after the 1915 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 22 open violations here, about 2.8 per apartment — above the 0.7 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 173 violations on record at the address, 39 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 234 HPD complaints at the address, 28 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Crown Heights (North) |
| ZIP | 11238 |
| Year built | 1931 |
| Apartments | 8 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A, SECTION 610 OF PHFL, ARTICLE 11 |
| BBL | 3012310008 |
Owner & management
| Owner | WFHA BROOKLYN LP 43-55 11TH STREET · LIC, NY 11101 |
| Managing agent | MHR MANAGEMENT INC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 22 open / 173 total · 19 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 234 total |
| HPD registration last filed | September 5, 2025 |
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