500 St Johns Place

Brooklyn · 11238 · BBL 3011770017 · look up another building

New York State found a tenant here was charged above the legal rent.

Most recent filing on this building: a violation, October 5, 2026

500 St Johns Place is a multi-family elevator building in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, ZIP 11238. City records date it to 1931 and count 112 apartments. The city's property file lists the owner of record as a private individual. Its total assessed value is $3.6M, for the 2026 tax year.

DHCR registration lists 111 rent-stabilized units here in 2023, but that is the building and not your apartment. The state will send you your own rent history free, and it is the only binding answer on what you should be paying.

The November 1 report on this block

On the first of every month we email one page about tax block 1177 in Brooklyn, the block 500 St Johns Place is on. It lists what was filed there that month, then where the block stands. As of today, that part reads:

9 buildings changed hands in the last twelve months.
The block holds 37 parcels and 302 residential units.

Anything filed on 500 St Johns Place itself comes the next morning.

Taxes and assessed value for 500 St Johns Place

The city's Department of Finance assessed this lot at $3.6M for the 2026 tax year. That works out to $32K per residential unit. Assessed value is what the city taxes, not what the building would sell for, and the two routinely differ by a wide margin. The bill itself turns on the tax class rate and on any exemptions or abatements attached to the lot, neither of which is published here.

No executed evictions at 500 St Johns Place

No executed eviction is on record at 500 St Johns Place in the citywide marshal file, which runs from April 2024.

Rent stabilization at 500 St Johns Place

DHCR registration records list 111 rent-stabilized units at this building in 2023, the most recent year PulseCities holds. That is up from 110 units in 2018. Registration is building-level and does not settle the status of any single apartment; the rent history does. Checking your own apartment starts with the free rent history from the state. That is the only binding answer, and it takes time to come back. While you wait, you can get an email when the record here moves: a deed, an eviction, a permit or a violation filed on this building. How to check rent-stabilized status →

The state found an overcharge at 500 St Johns Place

New York State ruled in a tenant's favor on 1 rent overcharge case at 500 St Johns Place. A granted case means DHCR examined what a tenant was actually charged and found it above the legal rent. The case was filed in 2023. A finding covers the apartment that brought it, not the whole building, and the ones nobody filed on leave no record at all.

From a DHCR response to a freedom of information request, reference D000320-050126, covering cases closed between January 2021 and April 2026. Filing years are decoded from the docket number. A static listing with no update schedule.

Open code violations at 500 St Johns Place

HPD and DOB inspectors have written 235 violations against this building, of which 111 remain unresolved. That is more than 9 in 10 buildings its size in 11238. The most serious open grade here is immediately hazardous, with 44 open violations.

If you own or manage this building, violationscout.com shows what it takes to clear these, from the date each one has to be certified by to how a correction gets filed. It is a paid site, built by the same person as this one.

Classes run A (non-hazardous) to C (immediately hazardous); DOB class I carries a vacate order. Source: NYC HPD violations, current through October 10, 2026.

Violation history at 500 St Johns Place

Violation	Issued	Class
Abate the infestation consisting of mice in the entire apartmentNotice Of Issuance Sent To Tenant	Oct 5, 2026	C
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective reglaze at bathtub in the bathroomNov Sent Out	Oct 4, 2026	B
Properly secure the loose wash basin at west in the bathroomNov Sent Out	Oct 4, 2026	B
Repair the broken or defective connection waste line at wash basin in the bathroomNov Sent Out	Oct 4, 2026	B
Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all peeling paint surfaces in the bathro…Civ14 Mailed	Sep 23, 2026	A
Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at east wall in the bathroomCiv14 Mailed	Sep 23, 2026	A
Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at ceiling in the bathroomCiv14 Mailed	Sep 23, 2026	A
Abate the infestation consisting of mice in the entire apartmentNotice Of Issuance Sent To Tenant	Sep 23, 2026	C

The 8 most recent violations written against this building, newest first, 5 of them still open. Each row is the inspector's own wording with the statute citation removed. Source: NYC HPD violations, current through October 10, 2026.

311 complaint history at 500 St Johns Place

50 complaints in the past 12 months

NYC 311 housing and building complaints logged for this address. Source: NYC 311, current through October 10, 2026.

How 500 St Johns Place compares in 11238

35.3/100MODERATE AREA PRESSURE

PulseCities tracks 4,866 lots in 11238, of which 125 carry an executed eviction from the marshal record, which starts in April 2024, and 358 carry a deed from the shorter ACRIS window. 11238 scores 35.3 out of 100 for displacement pressure, 59 of 177 scored NYC ZIP codes. The full signal breakdown for Prospect Heights →

Other buildings on this block

The city's files carry a record for 8 other addresses on tax block 1177 in Brooklyn. They run in lot order, which is roughly the order you would walk them:

Questions about 500 St Johns Place

Who owns 500 St Johns Place?

The city's property file lists a private individual as the owner of record for 500 St Johns Place. No deed for this lot appears in the ACRIS records PulseCities holds, so that name comes from the tax roll rather than from a recorded transfer.

Has 500 St Johns Place changed hands recently?

No deed for 500 St Johns Place appears in the ACRIS records PulseCities holds. That means no transfer has been published for this lot in the current window, not that the building has never been sold.

Have there been evictions at 500 St Johns Place?

No executed eviction at 500 St Johns Place appears in the NYC evictions dataset, which PulseCities holds from April 2024 forward. Executed evictions are the end of the process, so a building with none may still have active housing court cases.

Is 500 St Johns Place rent stabilized?

DHCR registrations list 111 stabilized units at this building in 2023. Registration is building-level, so it does not settle whether one apartment is stabilized. The free rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal does.

Has anyone won a rent overcharge case at 500 St Johns Place?

Yes. New York State granted 1 rent overcharge case at this address, meaning DHCR found a tenant had been charged above the legal rent. A granted case covers the apartment that brought it rather than the building, and only apartments whose tenants filed appear at all. The figures come from a freedom of information response covering cases closed between January 2021 and April 2026.

What is 500 St Johns Place assessed at for property taxes?

The Department of Finance assessed the lot at $3.6M for the 2026 tax year. That is the figure the city taxes rather than a sale price, and the bill depends on the tax class rate and on any exemptions on the lot.

What is the displacement risk around 500 St Johns Place?

11238 (Prospect Heights) scores 35.3 out of 100 on the PulseCities displacement index. The score reads five ZIP-level signals: LLC acquisition rate, permit intensity, 311 complaint volume, executed evictions, and serious HPD violations. It describes the area around the building, not the building itself.

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Sourced from NYC public records: ACRIS deeds, DOB permits, the NYC evictions dataset, and 311. Records reflect what agencies have published and can lag events.