Is 139 W 81st St rent stabilized?
139 W 81st St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Upper West Side (Central), Manhattan (10024). It has about 12 apartments, built in 1887.
Also written as 139 West 81st Street — or 139 W 81st St, Manhattan, NY 10024.
How this building compares
Its 1887 construction date sits close to the 1897 median for stabilized buildings tracked in Upper West Side (Central). HPD lists 87 open violations here, about 7.2 per apartment — above the one for every 9 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 92 violations on record at the address, 22 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and all of them are still open. HPD issued 1 new violation at the address in the last twelve months. Tenants have filed 46 HPD complaints at the address, none of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Upper West Side (Central) |
| ZIP | 10024 |
| Year built | 1887 |
| Apartments | 12 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1012120118 |
Owner & management
| Owner | I-131 Corp 139 West 81st St #B · New York, NY 10024 |
| Managing agent | Edwina Ho |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 87 open / 92 total · 1 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 46 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 13, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 139 W 81st St rent stabilized?
139 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 139 W 81st St?
139 W 81st St (BBL 1012120118) has about 12 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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