Is 288 E 149th St rent stabilized?
288 E 149th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Melrose, the Bronx (10451). It has about 8 apartments, built in 1905.
Also written as 288 East 149th Street — or 288 E 149th St, the Bronx, NY 10451.
How this building compares
With about 8 apartments it is smaller than 70% of the 244 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Melrose. It went up in 1905, 15 years before the 1920 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 14 open violations here, about 1.8 per apartment — above the 0.9 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 198 violations on record at the address, 57 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 8 of them are still open. HPD issued 8 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | the Bronx |
| Neighborhood | Melrose |
| ZIP | 10451 |
| Year built | 1905 |
| Apartments | 8 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 2023300015 |
Owner & management
| Owner | EMPIRE SOBRO PARTNERS LLC 579 5TH AVE #FL 2 · New York, NY 10017 |
| Managing agent | Aaron Mechlovics |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 14 open / 198 total · 8 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 1 open / 177 total |
| HPD registration last filed | September 2, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 288 E 149th St rent stabilized?
288 E 149th St in Melrose, the Bronx is registered as rent stabilized in the New York State DHCR 2024 rent-stabilized building files, where its stabilization code is MULTIPLE DWELLING A. 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 288 E 149th St?
288 E 149th St (BBL 2023300015) has about 8 residential apartments and was built in 1905, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.