Is 497 E 156th St rent stabilized?
497 E 156th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Melrose, the Bronx (10455). It has about 20 apartments, built in 1924.
Also written as 497 East 156th Street — or 497 E 156th St, the Bronx, NY 10455.
How this building compares
With about 20 apartments it sits near the middle of the 244 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Melrose, where the median building has 16. Its 1924 construction date sits close to the 1920 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 30 open violations here, about 1.5 per apartment — above the 0.9 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 482 violations on record at the address, 137 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 1,302 HPD complaints at the address, 49 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | the Bronx |
| Neighborhood | Melrose |
| ZIP | 10455 |
| Year built | 1924 |
| Apartments | 20 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A, GARDEN COMPLEX |
| BBL | 2023640022 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 497 E 156TH ST HOLDINGS LLC 132 Melrose St · Brooklyn, NY 11206 |
| Managing agent | shia shtesl |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 30 open / 482 total · 22 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 1302 total |
| HPD registration last filed | September 5, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 497 E 156th St rent stabilized?
497 E 156th St in Melrose, 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 497 E 156th St?
497 E 156th St (BBL 2023640022) has about 20 residential apartments and was built in 1924, 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.