Is 158 W 131st St rent stabilized?
158 W 131st St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Harlem (North), Manhattan (10027). It has about 18 apartments, built in 1910.
Also written as 158 West 131st Street — or 158 W 131st St, Manhattan, NY 10027.
How this building compares
With about 18 apartments it sits near the middle of the 734 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Harlem (North), where the median building has 15. HPD lists 5 open violations here, about one for every 4 apartments — below the 0.9 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 27 violations on record at the address, 9 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 3 of them are still open. HPD issued 13 new violations at the address in the last twelve months. Tenants have filed 71 HPD complaints at the address, 16 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Harlem (North) |
| ZIP | 10027 |
| Year built | 1910 |
| Apartments | 18 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A, GARDEN COMPLEX, J-51 |
| BBL | 1019150061 |
Owner & management
| Owner | West 132nd Street Cluster LP 2550 Frederick Douglass Blvd · New York, NY 10030 |
| Managing agent | Dwelling Place Properties LLC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 5 open / 27 total · 13 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 6 open / 71 total |
| HPD registration last filed | October 14, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 158 W 131st St rent stabilized?
158 W 131st St in Harlem (North), Manhattan is registered as rent stabilized in the New York State DHCR 2024 rent-stabilized building files, where its stabilization codes are MULTIPLE DWELLING A, GARDEN COMPLEX and J-51. 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 W 131st St?
158 W 131st St (BBL 1019150061) has about 18 residential apartments and was built in 1910, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.