Is 17 Essex St rent stabilized?
17 Essex St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan (10002). It has about 18 apartments, built in 1900.
Also written as 17 Essex Street — or 17 Essex St, Manhattan, NY 10002.
How this building compares
With about 18 apartments it sits near the middle of the 395 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Chinatown-Two Bridges, where the median building has 16. Its 1900 construction date sits close to the 1910 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 6 open violations here, about one for every 3 apartments — below the 0.5 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 47 violations on record at the address, 15 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 1 of them is still open. HPD issued 13 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Chinatown-Two Bridges |
| ZIP | 10002 |
| Year built | 1900 |
| Apartments | 18 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1002970021 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 17 ASSETS LLC 84 E SECOND ST · NY, NY 10003 |
| Managing agent | MANNY ASHOUR |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 6 open / 47 total · 13 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 31 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 24, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 17 Essex St rent stabilized?
17 Essex St in Chinatown-Two Bridges, 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 17 Essex St?
17 Essex St (BBL 1002970021) has about 18 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.
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