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650 East 21st Street

A 4-story building with 23 apartments, built in 1931, in Brooklyn, NY 11226.

Addresses on the lot: 642 to 656 East 21st Street.

HPD records as of November 6, 2026

35open HPD violations7 immediately hazardous
1complaint to HPD, past yearnone about heat
24rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years23 older

650 East 21st Street has 35 open HPD violations, 7 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 1 complaint to HPD in the past year. It is registered to 650 EAST 21 HOLDING LLC. 24 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 650 East 21st Street have open violations?

Yes: 35 open violations as of November 6, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most7
B, hazardous30 days22
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days6

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

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 1 complaint to HPD in the 12 months to November 6, 2026, none 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 650 East 21st Street?

650 East 21st Street is registered with HPD to 650 EAST 21 HOLDING LLC. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 23 older cases, the latest from 2018.

It was once in HPD’s Alternative Enforcement Program, for the city’s worst-maintained buildings, and has since left it.

It is on the city’s Speculation Watch List: rent-regulated buildings sold at prices that suggest the buyer plans to push rents up.

City marshals carried out 1 eviction 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 650 East 21st Street rent stabilized?

24 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. 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 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 3-05220-0047.