Is 540 E 138th St rent stabilized?
540 E 138th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Mott Haven-Port Morris, the Bronx (10454). It has about 16 apartments, built in 1920.
Also written as 540 East 138th Street — or 540 E 138th St, the Bronx, NY 10454.
How this building compares
With about 16 apartments it sits near the middle of the 353 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Mott Haven-Port Morris, where the median building has 14. Its 1920 construction date sits close to the 1925 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 4 open violations here, about one for every 4 apartments — below the 1.0 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 394 violations on record at the address, 120 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 2 of them are still open. HPD issued 18 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | the Bronx |
| Neighborhood | Mott Haven-Port Morris |
| ZIP | 10454 |
| Year built | 1920 |
| Apartments | 16 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 2022650041 |
Owner & management
| Owner | HHRMC FOR ERIC OPPENHEIMER 428 CENTRAL AVE #201 · CEDARHURST, NY 11516 |
| Managing agent | Carlo Bilbao |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 4 open / 394 total · 18 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 1 open / 386 total |
| HPD registration last filed | January 2, 2026 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 540 E 138th St rent stabilized?
540 E 138th 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 540 E 138th St?
540 E 138th St (BBL 2022650041) has about 16 residential apartments and was built in 1920, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.
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