Rent-stabilized buildings in Brownsville, Brooklyn
Brownsville, Brooklyn has 175 buildings registered as rent stabilized with New York State DHCR, most of them built around 1930. Rent stabilization caps how much the rent can rise each year — the Rent Guidelines Board sets the limit — and gives the tenant the right to renew the lease. Registration is per building, so an individual apartment can still be deregulated — check the address below and ask the landlord for its rent history.
What the records say about Brownsville, Brooklyn
All 175 of them hold about 5,584 apartments between them — a median of 10 per building, from the NYC PLUTO counts the city publishes as estimates. HPD holds a violation record for all 175 buildings tracked here, and lists no open violation at 31 of those. 120 of those records carry a violation still open at class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Counting the buildings with no open violation as zero, the median across the 175 with an apartment count is 1.0 per apartment.
Renting with a housing voucher?
Find A Crib rebuilds a list every night of the DHCR-registered rent-stabilized buildings that have an apartment listed for Section 8 and other housing vouchers, from the overnight AffordableHousing.com feed — see the current voucher listings.
4 rent-stabilized buildings in Brownsville, Brooklyn have 5 apartments listed to housing-voucher holders on AffordableHousing.com as of November 7, 2026. They are 1574 To 1576 Pitkin Ave, 345 To 365 Thatford Ave, 45 Newport St, 75 Lott Ave. See the full voucher list →
A building missing from that list has refused nobody — it simply has no listing on that site today. Refusing a tenant because they pay with a Section 8 voucher or any other subsidy is illegal in New York City.
Notable buildings in Brownsville
| Building | Why |
|---|---|
| 11 To 21 New Lots Ave | 385 apartments |
| 96 New Lots Ave | 469 apartments |
ZIP codes in Brownsville
All 175 buildings
Frequently asked questions
How many rent-stabilized buildings are in Brownsville, Brooklyn?
There are 175 registered rent-stabilized buildings in Brownsville, Brooklyn, according to NY State DHCR registration data.
What year were most rent-stabilized buildings in Brownsville built?
Most rent-stabilized buildings in Brownsville, Brooklyn were built around 1930, based on NYC PLUTO records for the 175 DHCR-registered buildings tracked here.
How many rent-stabilized buildings in Brownsville, Brooklyn have open HPD violations?
HPD holds a violation record for 175 of the 175 DHCR-registered rent-stabilized buildings Find A Crib tracks in Brownsville, Brooklyn. 144 of those have at least one open violation on file; 31 have none. A building with no HPD violation record is not counted either way.