Is 85 Macdougal St rent stabilized?
85 Macdougal St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Bed-Stuy (East), Brooklyn (11233). It has about 6 apartments, built in 1909.
Also written as 85 Macdougal Street — or 85 Macdougal St, Brooklyn, NY 11233.
How this building compares
With about 6 apartments it sits near the middle of the 816 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Bed-Stuy (East), where the median building has 7. It went up in 1909, 22 years before the 1931 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 2 open violations here, about one for every 3 apartments — below the 0.6 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 23 violations on record at the address, 4 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and none of them are still open. HPD issued 1 new violation at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Bed-Stuy (East) |
| ZIP | 11233 |
| Year built | 1909 |
| Apartments | 6 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A, ROOMING HOUSE |
| BBL | 3015250062 |
Owner & management
| Owner | RALPH GATES CLUSTER LP 114 RALPH AVENUE · Brooklyn, NY 11221 |
| Managing agent | RALPH GATES CLUSTER LP |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 2 open / 23 total · 1 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 7 total |
| HPD registration last filed | September 10, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 85 Macdougal St rent stabilized?
85 Macdougal St in Bed-Stuy (East), 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 ROOMING HOUSE. 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 85 Macdougal St?
85 Macdougal St (BBL 3015250062) has about 6 residential apartments and was built in 1909, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.