550 Watkins Street

A 4-story building with 56 apartments, built in 2009, in Brooklyn, NY 11212.

Addresses on the lot: 536 Watkins Street, 540 Watkins Street, 544 Watkins Street, 548 Watkins Street, 552 Watkins Street, 556 Watkins Street.

HPD records as of October 24, 2026

60open HPD violations20 immediately hazardous

48complaints to HPD, past year6 about heat or hot water

55rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023

December 2023latest housing court case3 cases on record, all years

550 Watkins Street has 60 open HPD violations, 20 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 48 complaints to HPD in the past year, 6 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 550 WATKINS ST.HOUS.DEV.FUND CO.,INC. 55 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 550 Watkins Street have open violations?

Yes: 60 open violations as of October 24, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

Class	Deadline	Open
C, immediately hazardous	24 hours for most	20
B, hazardous	30 days	32
A, non-hazardous	About 90 days	8

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, 46 have been closed.

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

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 48 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 24, 2026, 6 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 550 Watkins Street?

550 Watkins Street is registered with HPD to 550 WATKINS ST.HOUS.DEV.FUND CO.,INC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

1 other building is 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 December 2023. HPD’s record has 3 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

City marshals carried out 1 eviction here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 7% of residential buildings in 11212 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 550 Watkins Street rent stabilized?

55 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, down from 56 in 2018. That’s 55 of the building’s 56 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 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 3-03617-0025.