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796 Sterling Place

A 5-story building with 82 apartments, built in 2007, in Brooklyn, NY 11216.

Addresses on the lot: 788 to 800 Sterling Place.

HPD records as of November 5, 2026

164open HPD violations38 immediately hazardous
28complaints to HPD, past year7 about heat or hot water
81rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
December 2024latest housing court case12 cases on record, all years

796 Sterling Place has 164 open HPD violations, 38 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 28 complaints to HPD in the past year, 7 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 792 Sterling Holdings LLC. 81 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 796 Sterling Place have open violations?

Yes: 164 open violations as of November 5, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most38
B, hazardous30 days119
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days7

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, 67 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 28 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to November 5, 2026, 7 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.

Who owns 796 Sterling Place?

796 Sterling Place is registered with HPD to 792 Sterling Holdings 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 December 2024. HPD’s record has 12 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 11216 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 796 Sterling Place rent stabilized?

81 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. That’s 81 of the building’s 82 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 November 5, 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 3-01247-0011.