Is 159 Stanton St rent stabilized?
159 Stanton St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Lower East Side, Manhattan (10002). It has about 20 apartments, built in 1900.
Also written as 159 Stanton Street — or 159 Stanton St, Manhattan, NY 10002.
How this building compares
With about 20 apartments it sits near the middle of the 322 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Lower East Side, where the median building has 18. Its 1900 construction date sits close to the 1910 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 28 open violations here, about 1.4 per apartment — above the one for every 2 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 259 violations on record at the address, 65 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 11 of them are still open. HPD issued 19 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Lower East Side |
| ZIP | 10002 |
| Year built | 1900 |
| Apartments | 20 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1003490016 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 159-161 STANTON LLC 424 WEST 51 STREET #GROUND · New York, NY 10010 |
| Managing agent | CENTENNIAL PROPERTIES NY |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 28 open / 259 total · 19 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 431 total |
| HPD registration last filed | November 5, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 159 Stanton St rent stabilized?
159 Stanton St in Lower East Side, 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 Stanton St?
159 Stanton St (BBL 1003490016) has about 20 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.