Is 870 Bedford Ave rent stabilized?
870 Bedford Ave is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Bed-Stuy (West), Brooklyn (11205). It has about 8 apartments, built in 1905.
Also written as 870 Bedford Avenue — or 870 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205.
How this building compares
With about 8 apartments it sits near the middle of the 784 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Bed-Stuy (West), where the median building has 8. It went up in 1905, 26 years before the 1931 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 13 open violations here, about 1.6 per apartment — above the 0.6 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 147 violations on record at the address, 30 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 598 HPD complaints at the address, 3 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Bed-Stuy (West) |
| ZIP | 11205 |
| Year built | 1905 |
| Apartments | 8 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A, GARDEN COMPLEX |
| BBL | 3019000059 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 870 BEDFORD EM NP INC 36 Taffee Place #301 · Brooklyn, NY 11205 |
| Managing agent | 870 BEDFOD EM NP INC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 13 open / 147 total |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 598 total |
| HPD registration last filed | July 22, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 870 Bedford Ave rent stabilized?
870 Bedford Ave in Bed-Stuy (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 870 Bedford Ave?
870 Bedford Ave (BBL 3019000059) has about 8 residential apartments and was built in 1905, 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.