Bed-Stuy Is Home To Brooklyn's 'Worst' Building, Says List

BED-STUY, NY — Tenants of over 40 Bed-Stuy buildings have the unfortunate claim of living in properties owned by a pair of the worst 100 landlords in New York City, according to an annual report by the Public Advocate's Office.

And Bed-Stuy housed the borough's so-called "worst" building, sat at 133 MacDonough Street with a whopping 640 Housing Preservation Department violations for just eight units, according to Public Advocate Jumaane Williams' "Worst Landlords Watchlist" released Wednesday.

The building also had five Buildings department violations, according to the list.

The list uses public data on housing violations to highlight the property owners in the five boroughs who keep their buildings in the worst shape. It's based on the average number of open violations recorded at each building between December 2022 and November 2023, according to the city's housing department.

More than half of the city's "worst landlords" own buildings in Brooklyn, representing 270 buildings across the borough.

Three other Bed-Stuy buildings also landed on the top 10 worst list, including:

• 2298 Atlantic Avenue
• 381 Vernon Avenue
• 187 Hull Street

The new list comes just days after a Bronx building with a history of violations partially collapsed. The building's head officer is affiliated with the 50th-worst landlord on the list, according to information provided by the public advocate's office.

See the full list here.