Is 55 E 196th St rent stabilized?
55 E 196th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Bedford Park, the Bronx (10468). It has about 35 apartments, built in 1942.
Also written as 55 East 196th Street — or 55 E 196th St, the Bronx, NY 10468.
How this building compares
With about 35 apartments it sits near the middle of the 450 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Bedford Park, where the median building has 37. It went up in 1942, 15 years after the 1927 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 4 open violations here, about one for every 9 apartments — below the 0.7 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 35 violations on record at the address, 9 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 2 of them are still open. Tenants have filed 72 HPD complaints at the address, 3 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | the Bronx |
| Neighborhood | Bedford Park |
| ZIP | 10468 |
| Year built | 1942 |
| Apartments | 35 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 2033180069 |
Owner & management
| Owner | GV 55 LLV 244 WEST 54TH STREET #702 · New York, NY 10019 |
| Managing agent | DAVID EISENSTEIN REAL ESTATE |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 4 open / 35 total |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 72 total |
| HPD registration last filed | September 29, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 55 E 196th St rent stabilized?
55 E 196th St in Bedford Park, 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 55 E 196th St?
55 E 196th St (BBL 2033180069) has about 35 residential apartments and was built in 1942, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.