280 East 21st Street
A 6-story building with 68 apartments, built in 1924, in Brooklyn, NY 11226.
Addresses on the lot: 268 to 292 East 21st Street.
HPD records as of November 6, 2026
280 East 21st Street has 101 open HPD violations, 60 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 201 complaints to HPD in the past year, 42 about heat or hot water. It is registered to PPSP ASSOCIATES LLC. 68 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.
Does 280 East 21st Street have open violations?
Yes: 101 open violations as of November 6, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:
| Class | Deadline | Open |
|---|---|---|
| C, immediately hazardous | 24 hours for most | 60 |
| B, hazardous | 30 days | 29 |
| A, non-hazardous | About 90 days | 12 |
It has an open class C violation, as 70% of NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments do. More on buildings by size
Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 100 have been closed.
Every violation on HPD Online ↗ · How to read HPD violations
What do tenants complain about?
Tenants made 201 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to November 6, 2026, 42 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.
Among NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments, 77% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 65% had one about heat or hot water.
Every complaint on HPD Online ↗ · Noise complaints go to 311, not HPD
Who owns 280 East 21st Street?
280 East 21st Street is registered with HPD to PPSP ASSOCIATES LLC. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.
7 other buildings are registered to the same company name, with 0 open violations between them.
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 October 2024. HPD’s record has 20 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.
It was once in HPD’s Alternative Enforcement Program, for the city’s worst-maintained buildings, and has since left it.
City marshals carried out 2 evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.
For comparison, 12% of residential buildings in 11226 had a housing court case in the past five years.
Is 280 East 21st Street rent stabilized?
68 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. That’s 68 of the building’s 68 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
Scores out of ten, from today’s records
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Buildings nearby
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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of November 6, 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 3-05101-0044.