Is 1277 Shakespeare Ave rent stabilized?
1277 Shakespeare Ave is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Highbridge, the Bronx (10452). It has about 33 apartments, built in 1917.
Also written as 1277 Shakespeare Avenue — or 1277 Shakespeare Ave, the Bronx, NY 10452.
How this building compares
With about 33 apartments it sits near the middle of the 209 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Highbridge, where the median building has 33. Its 1917 construction date sits close to the 1929 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 40 open violations here, about 1.2 per apartment — close to the 1.1 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 950 violations on record at the address, 262 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 649 HPD complaints at the address, 15 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | the Bronx |
| Neighborhood | Highbridge |
| ZIP | 10452 |
| Year built | 1917 |
| Apartments | 33 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 2025170035 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 1277 SHAKESPEARE REALTY CORP. 4711 12 AVENUE #A8 · BROOKLYN, NY 11204 |
| Managing agent | YECHIEL WEINBERGER |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 40 open / 950 total · 19 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 649 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 26, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 1277 Shakespeare Ave rent stabilized?
1277 Shakespeare Ave in Highbridge, the Bronx is registered as rent stabilized in the New York State DHCR 2024 rent-stabilized building files. Registration is recorded for the building, not for each apartment in it, so an individual unit here can still have been deregulated — ask the landlord or DHCR for that apartment's rent history before relying on it.
How many apartments are at 1277 Shakespeare Ave?
1277 Shakespeare Ave (BBL 2025170035) has about 33 residential apartments and was built in 1917, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized, and the DHCR files this site is built on register the building rather than its individual apartments.