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168 Franklin Avenue

A 5-story building with 118 apartments, built in 2014, in Brooklyn, NY 11205.

Addresses on the lot: 168 to 184 Franklin Avenue.

HPD records as of October 30, 2026

7open HPD violations4 hazardous
25complaints to HPD, past year5 about heat or hot water
118rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
April 2025latest housing court case1 case on record, all years

168 Franklin Avenue has 7 open HPD violations. Tenants made 25 complaints to HPD in the past year, 5 about heat or hot water. It is registered to MD CBD 180 FRANKLIN LLC. 118 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 168 Franklin Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 7 open violations as of October 30, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most0
B, hazardous30 days4
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days3

No class C violation is open. 56% of NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments have one. More on buildings by size

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 25 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 30, 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 100 or more apartments, 72% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 57% had one about heat or hot water.

Who owns 168 Franklin Avenue?

168 Franklin Avenue is registered with HPD to MD CBD 180 FRANKLIN LLC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in April 2025. HPD’s record has 1 case here in all, going back to the 1990s.

City marshals carried out 4 evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 3% of residential buildings in 11205 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 168 Franklin Avenue rent stabilized?

118 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. That’s 118 of the building’s 118 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of October 30, 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 3-01912-0040.