Is 138 E 31st St rent stabilized?
138 E 31st St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Murray Hill-Kips Bay, Manhattan (10016). It has about 35 apartments, built in 1910.
Also written as 138 East 31st Street — or 138 E 31st St, Manhattan, NY 10016.
How this building compares
With about 35 apartments it is larger than 64% of the 346 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Murray Hill-Kips Bay. Its 1910 construction date sits close to the 1920 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 13 open violations here, about one for every 3 apartments — above the one for every 9 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 78 violations on record at the address, 11 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 285 HPD complaints at the address, 1 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Murray Hill-Kips Bay |
| ZIP | 10016 |
| Year built | 1910 |
| Apartments | 35 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING B |
| BBL | 1008860058 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 138-140 LLC 138 E 31 ST #C1 · New York, NY 10016 |
| Managing agent | 138-140, LLC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 13 open / 78 total · 2 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 285 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 25, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 138 E 31st St rent stabilized?
138 E 31st St in Murray Hill-Kips Bay, Manhattan is registered as rent stabilized in the New York State DHCR 2024 rent-stabilized building files. 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 138 E 31st St?
138 E 31st St (BBL 1008860058) has about 35 residential apartments and was built in 1910, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized, and the DHCR files this site is built on register the building rather than its individual apartments.
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