Is 138 E 38th St rent stabilized?
138 E 38th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Murray Hill-Kips Bay, Manhattan (10016). It has about 81 apartments, built in 1928.
Also written as 138 East 38th Street — or 138 E 38th St, Manhattan, NY 10016.
How this building compares
With about 81 apartments it is larger than 77% of the 346 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Murray Hill-Kips Bay. Its 1928 construction date sits close to the 1920 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 2 open violations here, about one for every 40 apartments — below the one for every 9 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 19 violations on record at the address, 7 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 38 HPD complaints at the address, 14 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Murray Hill-Kips Bay |
| ZIP | 10016 |
| Year built | 1928 |
| Apartments | 81 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1008930064 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 38TH STREET PARTNERS LLC 7 PENNSYLVANIA PLAZA #STE. 6 · New York, NY 10001 |
| Managing agent | MD Squared Property Group |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 2 open / 19 total · 2 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 38 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 31, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 138 E 38th St rent stabilized?
138 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. 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 38th St?
138 E 38th St (BBL 1008930064) has about 81 residential apartments and was built in 1928, 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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