Is 159 E 55th St rent stabilized?
159 E 55th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in East Midtown-Turtle Bay, Manhattan (10022). It has about 8 apartments, built in 1910.
Also written as 159 East 55th Street — or 159 E 55th St, Manhattan, NY 10022.
How this building compares
With about 8 apartments it is smaller than 84% of the 261 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in East Midtown-Turtle Bay. It went up in 1910, 17 years before the 1927 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists no open violations at this address — one of 87 such buildings among the 264 this site tracks in the neighborhood. Of the 18 violations on record at the address, 1 is class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and it is no longer open. Tenants have filed 12 HPD complaints at the address, none of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | East Midtown-Turtle Bay |
| ZIP | 10022 |
| Year built | 1910 |
| Apartments | 8 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1013100133 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 159 EAST 55TH STREET LLC 1185 SIXTH AVENUE #10TH F · NEW YORK, NY 10036 |
| Managing agent | MICHAEL GUARINO |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 0 open / 18 total |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 12 total |
| HPD registration last filed | July 2, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 159 E 55th St rent stabilized?
159 E 55th St in East Midtown-Turtle Bay, 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 159 E 55th St?
159 E 55th St (BBL 1013100133) has about 8 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.
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