Is 161 E 88th St rent stabilized?
161 E 88th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan (10128). It has about 42 apartments, built in 1937.
Also written as 161 East 88th Street — or 161 E 88th St, Manhattan, NY 10128.
How this building compares
With about 42 apartments it is larger than 80% of the 447 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill. It went up in 1937, 24 years after the 1913 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 5 open violations here, about one for every 8 apartments — above the one for every 11 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 12 violations on record at the address, 2 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 4 HPD complaints at the address, none of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill |
| ZIP | 10128 |
| Year built | 1937 |
| Apartments | 42 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING B, NON-EVICT COOP/CONDO |
| BBL | 1015170027 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 161 EAST 88 OWNERS CORPORATION 740 ST NICHOLAS AVENUE · New York, NY 10031 |
| Managing agent | ESRA MANAGEMENT |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 5 open / 12 total · 1 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 4 total |
| HPD registration last filed | July 8, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 161 E 88th St rent stabilized?
161 E 88th St in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan is registered as rent stabilized in the New York State DHCR 2024 rent-stabilized building files. 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 161 E 88th St?
161 E 88th St (BBL 1015170027) has about 42 residential apartments and was built in 1937, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized, and the DHCR files this site is built on register the building rather than its individual apartments.
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