921 St Marks Avenue

A 4-story building with 20 apartments, built in 1913, in Brooklyn, NY 11213.

HPD records as of November 5, 2026

107open HPD violations27 immediately hazardous

27complaints to HPD, past year4 about heat or hot water

3rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023

January 2026latest housing court case15 cases on record, all years

921 St Marks Avenue has 107 open HPD violations, 27 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 27 complaints to HPD in the past year, 4 about heat or hot water. It is registered to Michael Benjamin as Receiver. 3 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 921 St Marks Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 107 open violations as of November 5, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

Class	Deadline	Open
C, immediately hazardous	24 hours for most	27
B, hazardous	30 days	61
A, non-hazardous	About 90 days	19

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, 4 have been closed.

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

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 27 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to November 5, 2026, 4 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.

Every complaint on HPD Online ↗ · Noise complaints go to 311, not HPD

Who owns 921 St Marks Avenue?

921 St Marks Avenue is registered with HPD to Michael Benjamin as Receiver. 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 January 2026. HPD’s record has 15 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 no evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 7% of residential buildings in 11213 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 921 St Marks Avenue rent stabilized?

3 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2022. That’s 3 of the building’s 20 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 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 3-01223-0078.