Is 149 1st Ave rent stabilized?
149 1st Ave is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in East Village, Manhattan (10003). It has about 24 apartments, built in 1900.
Also written as 149 1st Avenue — or 149 1st Ave, Manhattan, NY 10003.
How this building compares
With about 24 apartments it is larger than 72% of the 973 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in East Village. HPD lists 5 open violations here, about one for every 5 apartments — below the one for every 3 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 40 violations on record at the address, 6 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and none of them are still open. HPD issued 8 new violations at the address in the last twelve months. Tenants have filed 50 HPD complaints at the address, 2 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | East Village |
| ZIP | 10003 |
| Year built | 1900 |
| Apartments | 24 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1004510038 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 149 First Building LLC 600 Warren Avenue · Spring Lake, NJ 07762 |
| Managing agent | Maria Fergus |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 5 open / 40 total · 8 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 50 total |
| HPD registration last filed | March 30, 2026 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 149 1st Ave rent stabilized?
149 1st Ave in East Village, 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 149 1st Ave?
149 1st Ave (BBL 1004510038) has about 24 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.