Is 158 1st Ave rent stabilized?
158 1st Ave is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in East Village, Manhattan (10009). It has about 10 apartments, built in 1920.
Also written as 158 1st Avenue — or 158 1st Ave, Manhattan, NY 10009.
How this building compares
With about 10 apartments it is smaller than 72% of the 973 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in East Village. It went up in 1920, 20 years after the 1900 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 21 open violations here, about 2.1 per apartment — above the one for every 3 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 349 violations on record at the address, 77 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 8 of them are still open. HPD issued 62 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | East Village |
| ZIP | 10009 |
| Year built | 1920 |
| Apartments | 10 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1004370006 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 158 FIRST AVE NYC LLC 629 bedford ave · Brooklyn, NY 11211 |
| Managing agent | Joel Spitzer |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 21 open / 349 total · 62 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 308 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 26, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 158 1st Ave rent stabilized?
158 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 158 1st Ave?
158 1st Ave (BBL 1004370006) has about 10 residential apartments and was built in 1920, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.