Is 981 Lafayette Ave rent stabilized?
981 Lafayette Ave is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Bed-Stuy (East), Brooklyn (11221). It has about 4 apartments, built in 1931.
Also written as 981 Lafayette Avenue — or 981 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221.
How this building compares
With about 4 apartments it is smaller than 82% of the 816 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Bed-Stuy (East). HPD lists 2 open violations here, about 0.5 per apartment — close to the 0.6 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 74 violations on record at the address, 23 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 1 of them is still open. HPD issued 15 new violations at the address in the last twelve months. Tenants have filed 93 HPD complaints at the address, 9 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Bed-Stuy (East) |
| ZIP | 11221 |
| Year built | 1931 |
| Apartments | 4 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A, ROOMING HOUSE, SECTION 610 OF PHFL |
| BBL | 3016070068 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 27 BEDSTUY .LLC 1675 BROADWAY #29 · New York, NY 10019 |
| Managing agent | ELH MGMT.LLC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 2 open / 74 total · 15 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 93 total |
| HPD registration last filed | September 29, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 981 Lafayette Ave rent stabilized?
981 Lafayette Ave 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, ROOMING HOUSE and SECTION 610 OF PHFL. 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 981 Lafayette Ave?
981 Lafayette Ave (BBL 3016070068) has about 4 residential apartments and was built in 1931, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.