Is 138 Orchard St rent stabilized?
138 Orchard St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Lower East Side, Manhattan (10002). It has about 16 apartments, built in 1900.
Also written as 138 Orchard Street — or 138 Orchard St, Manhattan, NY 10002.
How this building compares
With about 16 apartments it sits near the middle of the 322 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Lower East Side, where the median building has 18. Its 1900 construction date sits close to the 1910 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 3 open violations here, about one for every 5 apartments — below the one for every 2 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 49 violations on record at the address, 11 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 2 of them are still open. Tenants have filed 91 HPD complaints at the address, none of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Lower East Side |
| ZIP | 10002 |
| Year built | 1900 |
| Apartments | 16 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1004100010 |
Owner & management
| Owner | BLAKE-RIV REALTY LLC 88 RIVINGTON ST · NEW YORK, NY 10002 |
| Managing agent | BROWNSTONE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CORP |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 3 open / 49 total |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 91 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 27, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 138 Orchard St rent stabilized?
138 Orchard St in Lower East Side, 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 138 Orchard St?
138 Orchard St (BBL 1004100010) has about 16 residential apartments and was built in 1900, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.