289 East 53 Street
Brooklyn · 11203 · BBL 3046790054
289 East 53 Street is a mixed residential and commercial building in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, ZIP 11203. City records date it to 1931 and count 22 residential units of 23 total. The city's property file lists the owner of record as 281 Plaza. Its most recent total assessed value is $1.1M.
What the eviction record shows
City marshals executed 1 eviction at 289 East 53 Street in the record PulseCities holds, the most recent on Dec 18, 2024. Holding the marshal docket number or the court index number from one of these? Look up that case →
Rent stabilization at this address
DHCR registration records list 22 rent-stabilized units at this building in 2023, the most recent year PulseCities holds. 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. How to check rent-stabilized status →
Open violations
HPD and DOB inspectors have written 32 violations against this building, of which 16 remain unresolved. The most serious open grade here is immediately hazardous, with 9 open violations.
Classes run A (non-hazardous) to C (immediately hazardous); DOB class I carries a vacate order. Source: NYC HPD violations, current through August 26, 2026.
311 housing complaints
13 complaints in the past 12 months
NYC 311 housing and building complaints logged for this address. Source: NYC 311, current through August 26, 2026.
How 289 East 53 Street compares in 11203
PulseCities tracks 11,054 lots in 11203, of which 274 carry an executed eviction from the marshal record, which starts in April 2024, and 686 carry a deed from the shorter ACRIS window. This building is in that second group, which is 2.5% of the ZIP. 11203 scores 47.3 out of 100 for displacement pressure, 24 of 177 scored NYC ZIP codes. The full signal breakdown for East Flatbush →
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Questions about 289 East 53 Street
Who owns 289 East 53 Street?
The most recent deed on file for 289 East 53 Street names 281 Plaza. Deeds record the party that took title, which is often a holding company rather than the operator managing the building.
Has 289 East 53 Street changed hands recently?
No deed for 289 East 53 Street 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 289 East 53 Street?
Yes. One marshal-executed eviction at 289 East 53 Street appears in the NYC evictions dataset, the most recent on Dec 18, 2024. The dataset covers executed evictions only, so it undercounts housing court activity: cases that settle or end in a move-out never reach a marshal.
Is 289 East 53 Street rent stabilized?
DHCR registrations list 22 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.
What is the displacement risk around 289 East 53 Street?
11203 (East Flatbush) scores 47.3 out of 100 on the PulseCities displacement index. The score reads five ZIP-level signals: eviction rate, LLC acquisition rate, permit intensity, assessment spikes, and 311 complaint volume. It describes the area around the building, not the building itself.
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.