Rent-stabilized buildings in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Williamsburg, Brooklyn has 624 buildings registered as rent stabilized with New York State DHCR, most of them built around 1915. Rent stabilization caps how much the rent can rise each year โ the Rent Guidelines Board sets the limit โ and gives the tenant the right to renew the lease. Registration is per building, so an individual apartment can still be deregulated โ check the address below and ask the landlord for its rent history.
What the records say about Williamsburg, Brooklyn
The 620 of them with a recorded apartment count hold about 16,469 apartments between them โ a median of 9 per building, from the NYC PLUTO counts the city publishes as estimates. HPD holds a violation record for 611 of the 624 buildings tracked here, and lists no open violation at 245 of those. 255 of those records carry a violation still open at class C โ HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Counting the buildings with no open violation as zero, the median across the 620 with an apartment count is one for every 10 apartments.
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 โ see the current voucher listings.
8 rent-stabilized buildings in Williamsburg, Brooklyn have 11 apartments listed to housing-voucher holders on AffordableHousing.com as of November 7, 2026. They are 245 S 3rd St, 247 S 3rd St, 262 S 1st St, 264 S 1st St, 347 S 3rd St, 350 Keap St, 358 S 2nd St, 366 S 2nd St. See the full voucher list โ
A building missing from that list has refused nobody โ 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 Williamsburg
| Building | Why |
|---|---|
| 1 N 4th Pl | 509 apartments |
| 101 Bedford Ave | 351 apartments |
| 184 To 198 Kent Ave | 333 apartments |
| 2 N 6th Pl | 554 apartments |
| 266 To 268 Kent Ave | 332 apartments |
| 420 To 428 Kent Ave | 605 apartments |
ZIP codes in Williamsburg
All 624 buildings
Frequently asked questions
How many rent-stabilized buildings are in Williamsburg, Brooklyn?
There are 624 registered rent-stabilized buildings in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, according to NY State DHCR registration data.
What year were most rent-stabilized buildings in Williamsburg built?
Most rent-stabilized buildings in Williamsburg, Brooklyn were built around 1915, based on NYC PLUTO records for the 624 DHCR-registered buildings tracked here.
How many rent-stabilized buildings in Williamsburg, Brooklyn have open HPD violations?
HPD holds a violation record for 611 of the 624 DHCR-registered rent-stabilized buildings Find A Crib tracks in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 366 of those have at least one open violation on file; 245 have none. A building with no HPD violation record is not counted either way.