Is 834 E 161st St rent stabilized?
834 E 161st St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Melrose, the Bronx (10459). It has about 22 apartments, built in 1906.
Also written as 834 East 161st Street — or 834 E 161st St, the Bronx, NY 10459.
How this building compares
With about 22 apartments it sits near the middle of the 244 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Melrose, where the median building has 16. Its 1906 construction date sits close to the 1920 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 4 open violations here, about one for every 6 apartments — below the 0.9 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 214 violations on record at the address, 57 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 1 of them is still open. HPD issued 20 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | the Bronx |
| Neighborhood | Melrose |
| ZIP | 10459 |
| Year built | 1906 |
| Apartments | 22 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 2026770019 |
Owner & management
| Owner | JOE BK 824-834 EAST 161ST STREET LLC 863 Prospect Avenue · Bronx, NY 10459 |
| Managing agent | Banana Kelly CIA Inc. |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 4 open / 214 total · 20 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 1 open / 212 total |
| HPD registration last filed | July 14, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 834 E 161st St rent stabilized?
834 E 161st 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 834 E 161st St?
834 E 161st St (BBL 2026770019) has about 22 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.