155 East 51st Street

A 4-story building with 47 apartments, built in 1930, in Brooklyn, NY 11203.

HPD records as of November 5, 2026

107open HPD violations35 immediately hazardous

24complaints to HPD, past year5 about heat or hot water

45rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023

July 2025latest housing court case13 cases on record, all years

155 East 51st Street has 107 open HPD violations, 35 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 24 complaints to HPD in the past year, 5 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 155 E. 51ST REALTY CO., LLC. 45 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 155 East 51st Street have open violations?

Yes: 107 open violations as of November 5, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

Class	Deadline	Open
C, immediately hazardous	24 hours for most	35
B, hazardous	30 days	61
A, non-hazardous	About 90 days	11

It has an open class C violation, as 66% of NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments do. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 9 have been closed.

Every violation on HPD Online ↗ · How to read HPD violations

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 24 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to November 5, 2026, 5 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments, 69% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 53% had one about heat or hot water.

Every complaint on HPD Online ↗ · Noise complaints go to 311, not HPD

Who owns 155 East 51st Street?

155 East 51st Street is registered with HPD to 155 E. 51ST REALTY CO., LLC. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

The registration on HPD Online ↗ · The owner’s other buildings, on Who Owns What ↗ · Deeds and mortgages (ACRIS) ↗ · How to find who owns a building

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in July 2025. HPD’s record has 13 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

City marshals carried out no evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 4% of residential buildings in 11203 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 155 East 51st Street rent stabilized?

45 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, up from 44 in 2018. That’s 45 of the building’s 47 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

How to check if an apartment is rent stabilized

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of November 5, 2026; evictions and rent-stabilized counts as of May 30, 2026; size and age from the city’s PLUTO. All from NYC Open Data. Public records, not legal advice. Tax lot 3-04621-0001.