Is 137 E 38th St rent stabilized?
137 E 38th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Murray Hill-Kips Bay, Manhattan (10016). It has about 108 apartments, built in 1936.
Also written as 137 East 38th Street — or 137 E 38th St, Manhattan, NY 10016.
How this building compares
With about 108 apartments it is larger than 81% of the 346 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Murray Hill-Kips Bay. It went up in 1936, 16 years after the 1920 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists no open violations at this address — one of 96 such buildings among the 350 this site tracks in the neighborhood. Of the 126 violations on record at the address, 26 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and none of them are still open. HPD issued 1 new violation at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Murray Hill-Kips Bay |
| ZIP | 10016 |
| Year built | 1936 |
| Apartments | 108 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1008940032 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 137 EAST 38TH STREET LLC 1185 SIXTH AVENUE #10TH F · NEW YORK, NY 10036 |
| Managing agent | KEVIN COOPER |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 0 open / 126 total · 1 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 2 open / 233 total |
| HPD registration last filed | July 2, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 137 E 38th St rent stabilized?
137 E 38th St in Murray Hill-Kips Bay, Manhattan 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 137 E 38th St?
137 E 38th St (BBL 1008940032) has about 108 residential apartments and was built in 1936, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.
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