Is 117 W 138th St rent stabilized?
117 W 138th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Harlem (North), Manhattan (10030). It has about 10 apartments, built in 1935.
Also written as 117 West 138th Street — or 117 W 138th St, Manhattan, NY 10030.
How this building compares
With about 10 apartments it is smaller than 61% of the 734 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Harlem (North). It went up in 1935, 25 years after the 1910 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 15 open violations here, about 1.5 per apartment — above the 0.9 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 57 violations on record at the address, 14 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 5 of them are still open. HPD issued 6 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Harlem (North) |
| ZIP | 10030 |
| Year built | 1935 |
| Apartments | 10 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A, GARDEN COMPLEX |
| BBL | 1020070020 |
Owner & management
| Owner | LAURA B THOMAS LP 50 WEST 131ST STREET #OFFICE · New York, NY 10037 |
| Managing agent | PRESTIGE MANAGEMENT INC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 15 open / 57 total · 6 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 116 total |
| HPD registration last filed | October 17, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 117 W 138th St rent stabilized?
117 W 138th St in Harlem (North), Manhattan is registered as rent stabilized in the New York State DHCR 2024 rent-stabilized building files, where its stabilization codes are MULTIPLE DWELLING A and GARDEN COMPLEX. 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 117 W 138th St?
117 W 138th St (BBL 1020070020) has about 10 residential apartments and was built in 1935, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.