Is 849 42nd St rent stabilized?
849 42nd St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West), Brooklyn (11232). It has about 20 apartments, built in 1914.
Also written as 849 42nd Street — or 849 42nd St, Brooklyn, NY 11232.
How this building compares
With about 20 apartments it is larger than 65% of the 160 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West). Its 1914 construction date sits close to the 1926 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 15 open violations here, about 0.8 per apartment — close to the 0.7 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 160 violations on record at the address, 38 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 156 HPD complaints at the address, 8 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) |
| ZIP | 11232 |
| Year built | 1914 |
| Apartments | 20 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 3009230056 |
Owner & management
| Owner | BG 5 LLC 2917 AVE M · BROOKLYN, NY 11210 |
| Managing agent | BG 5 LLC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 15 open / 160 total · 6 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 156 total |
| HPD registration last filed | September 30, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 849 42nd St rent stabilized?
849 42nd St in Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West), Brooklyn is registered as rent stabilized in the New York State DHCR 2024 rent-stabilized building files. 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 849 42nd St?
849 42nd St (BBL 3009230056) has about 20 residential apartments and was built in 1914, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized, and the DHCR files this site is built on register the building rather than its individual apartments.
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