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20 Plaza St East

BROOKLYN, NY 11238 BBL 3011690024 99 units · 6 floors · 1940

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HPD violations vs. neighborhood
Class B/C violations on record vs. a typical building in Prospect Heights
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Rent & eviction protection

Is 20 Plaza St East rent-stabilized?

Rent stabilization caps how much your rent can rise and protects your right to renew. Here's how this building scores on the four signals that usually point to it.

Built before 1974
Built 1940
6 or more units
99 units
Registered with RGB
Not found
421-A / J-51 abatement
None found
Potential rent stabilization. Building age and size suggest eligibility — confirm with the DHCR (Division of Housing and Community Renewal) or request a rent history.

Based on public NYC records. Not legal advice — verify with the DHCR (Division of Housing and Community Renewal) at apps.hcr.ny.gov.

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AI summary · updated June 2026

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How we score buildings

How 20 Plaza St East's risk score is calculated

We trained a model on 7 years of city inspection data — HPD violation filings, tenant complaints, and owner track records across their entire portfolio. It estimates the probability that HPD inspectors will find serious or dangerous violations at this address in the next 12 months. Lower % = safer.

What the score means for you

Neighborhood percentile
34th percentile

Out of 599 buildings in this neighborhood, 204 have a higher predicted risk.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted violation outcome
49.9%
No serious
violations
36.8%
Some violations
(1–9)
13.3%
Many violations
(10+)
Risk factors

What's driving this score

These are the three data points that most influenced this building's score — ranked by how much weight the model placed on each one.

Number of apartments

The number of residential units affects how the model interprets complaint and violation totals — more units means more potential sources.

City enforcement actions, property manager's portfolio

ECB enforcement actions across buildings this manager oversees.

Building size

Total residential square footage — a proxy for building scale and the number of systems (plumbing, HVAC, etc.) that can fail.

Building characteristics
Total units99
Floors6
Year built1940
Gross area138,095 sq ft
Building class
Tax abatementNone
Issue trend & model projection

Violations & complaints per year — solid line is historical record, dashed line is AI projection.

Multiple entrances & addresses

Included addresses

All street addresses that share this building's BBL and are covered by this report.

12 Plaza St East, New York, NY 11238
14 Plaza St East, New York, NY 11238
16 Plaza St East, New York, NY 11238
18 Plaza St East, New York, NY 11238
20 Plaza St East, New York, NY 11238
22 Plaza St East, New York, NY 11238
24 Plaza St East, New York, NY 11238
26 Plaza St East, New York, NY 11238
28 Plaza St East, New York, NY 11238
220 Sterling Pl, New York, NY 11238
222 Sterling Pl, New York, NY 11238
224 Sterling Pl, New York, NY 11238
226 Sterling Pl, New York, NY 11238
228 Sterling Pl, New York, NY 11238
230 Sterling Pl, New York, NY 11238
232 Sterling Pl, New York, NY 11238
234 Sterling Pl, New York, NY 11238
236 Sterling Pl, New York, NY 11238
238 Sterling Pl, New York, NY 11238
240 Sterling Pl, New York, NY 11238
242 Sterling Pl, New York, NY 11238
244 Sterling Pl, New York, NY 11238
246 Sterling Pl, New York, NY 11238
248 Sterling Pl, New York, NY 11238
672 Vanderbilt Ave, New York, NY 11238
674 Vanderbilt Ave, New York, NY 11238
676 Vanderbilt Ave, New York, NY 11238
678 Vanderbilt Ave, New York, NY 11238
Who's behind the building

20 Plaza St East's landlord & ownership

The people and companies registered to this building, the other properties they run, and their court record. A landlord's wider portfolio is often the best predictor of how your building will be treated.

Corporate Owner

Registered contact for this building.

Name
20 Plaza Housing Corp
Address
9 East 38 Street 6fl
New York, NY 10016
Landlord portfolio

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