Is 137 W 81st St rent stabilized?
137 W 81st St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Upper West Side (Central), Manhattan (10024). It has about 10 apartments, built in 1887.
Also written as 137 West 81st Street — or 137 W 81st St, Manhattan, NY 10024.
How this building compares
With about 10 apartments it sits near the middle of the 1,075 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Upper West Side (Central), where the median building has 12. Its 1887 construction date sits close to the 1897 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 14 open violations here, about 1.4 per apartment — above the one for every 9 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 100 violations on record at the address, 11 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 2 of them are still open. HPD issued 1 new violation at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Upper West Side (Central) |
| ZIP | 10024 |
| Year built | 1887 |
| Apartments | 10 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1012120019 |
Owner & management
| Owner | UPTOWN REALTY OPERATING CORP 225 WEST 35TH STREET #14TH F · NEW YORK, NY 10001 |
| Managing agent | LIVINGSTON MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 14 open / 100 total · 1 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 116 total |
| HPD registration last filed | September 24, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 137 W 81st St rent stabilized?
137 W 81st St in Upper West Side (Central), 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 W 81st St?
137 W 81st St (BBL 1012120019) has about 10 residential apartments and was built in 1887, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.
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