Is 537 E 139th St rent stabilized?
537 E 139th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Mott Haven-Port Morris, the Bronx (10454). It has about 21 apartments, built in 1906.
Also written as 537 East 139th Street — or 537 E 139th St, the Bronx, NY 10454.
How this building compares
With about 21 apartments it is larger than 63% of the 353 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Mott Haven-Port Morris. It went up in 1906, 19 years before the 1925 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 23 open violations here, about 1.1 per apartment — close to the 1.0 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 473 violations on record at the address, 145 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 6 of them are still open. HPD issued 8 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | the Bronx |
| Neighborhood | Mott Haven-Port Morris |
| ZIP | 10454 |
| Year built | 1906 |
| Apartments | 21 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 2022670065 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 537 E 139 LLC 20 S BROADWAY #300 · Yonkers, NY 10701 |
| Managing agent | DAVID TENNENBAUM |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 23 open / 473 total · 8 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 5 open / 670 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 11, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 537 E 139th St rent stabilized?
537 E 139th St in Mott Haven-Port Morris, 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 537 E 139th St?
537 E 139th St (BBL 2022670065) has about 21 residential apartments and was built in 1906, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.
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