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185 Van Buren Street

BROOKLYN, NY 11221 BBL 3016090074 4 units · 3 floors · 1899

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HPD violations vs. neighborhood
Class B/C violations on record vs. a typical building in Bedford-Stuyvesant
? vs. avg
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Rent & eviction protection

Is 185 Van Buren Street 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 1899
6 or more units
4 units
Registered with RGB
Not found
421-A / J-51 abatement
None found
Likely not rent stabilized. This building doesn't show the typical signals — but confirm with the DHCR (Division of Housing and Community Renewal) if you suspect otherwise.

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 185 Van Buren Street'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
70th percentile

Out of 7141 buildings in this neighborhood, 4999 have a higher predicted risk.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted violation outcome
84.8%
No serious
violations
10.9%
Some violations
(1–9)
4.4%
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.

Failed rodent inspections, landlord's portfolio

Health dept. rodent inspection failures across the landlord's portfolio.

Corporate ownership

Whether this building is registered to a corporate entity rather than an individual. Corporate owners tend to have distinct portfolio patterns.

DOB complaint rate, landlord's portfolio

Per-building DOB complaint rate across the landlord's portfolio.

Building characteristics
Total units4
Floors3
Year built1899
Gross area2,634 sq ft
Building class
Tax abatementNone
Issue trend & model projection

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

Who's behind the building

185 Van Buren Street'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
185 Van Buren LLC
Address
1 Hanson Pl 21f
Brooklyn, NY 11243
Landlord portfolio

Other properties owned.

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