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354 East 53rd Street

A 4-story building with 30 apartments, built in 1928, in Brooklyn, NY 11203.

HPD records as of October 24, 2026

46open HPD violations26 immediately hazardous
105complaints to HPD, past year34 about heat or hot water
30rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2018
January 2026latest housing court case18 cases on record, all years

354 East 53rd Street has 46 open HPD violations, 26 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 105 complaints to HPD in the past year, 34 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 354 EAST 53RD LLC. 30 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2018.

Does 354 East 53rd Street have open violations?

Yes: 46 open violations as of October 24, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most26
B, hazardous30 days17
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days3

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, 60 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 105 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 24, 2026, 34 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.

Who owns 354 East 53rd Street?

354 East 53rd Street is registered with HPD to 354 EAST 53RD LLC. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in January 2026. HPD’s record has 18 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 1 eviction 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 354 East 53rd Street rent stabilized?

30 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2018. That’s 30 of the building’s 30 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 24, 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 3-04700-0025.