Is 157 E 81st St rent stabilized?
157 E 81st St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan (10028). It has about 28 apartments, built in 1912.
Also written as 157 East 81st Street — or 157 E 81st St, Manhattan, NY 10028.
How this building compares
With about 28 apartments it is larger than 70% of the 447 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill. Its 1912 construction date sits close to the 1913 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists no open violations at this address — one of 177 such buildings among the 450 this site tracks in the neighborhood. Of the 20 violations on record at the address, 2 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and none of them are still open. Tenants have filed 31 HPD complaints at the address, none of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill |
| ZIP | 10028 |
| Year built | 1912 |
| Apartments | 28 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1015100027 |
Owner & management
| Owner | CARLTON HOUSE OWNERS CORP 156A E 83 ST · NEW YORK, NY 10028 |
| Managing agent | HARLINGTON REALTY CO LLC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 0 open / 20 total |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 31 total |
| HPD registration last filed | September 13, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 157 E 81st St rent stabilized?
157 E 81st St in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, 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 157 E 81st St?
157 E 81st St (BBL 1015100027) has about 28 residential apartments and was built in 1912, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.
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