Is 179 Essex St rent stabilized?
179 Essex St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Lower East Side, Manhattan (10002). It has about 6 apartments, built in 1900.
Also written as 179 Essex Street — or 179 Essex St, Manhattan, NY 10002.
How this building compares
With about 6 apartments it is smaller than 94% of the 322 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Lower East Side. Its 1900 construction date sits close to the 1910 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 25 open violations here, about 4.2 per apartment — above the one for every 2 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 100 violations on record at the address, 34 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 5 of them are still open. HPD issued 13 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Lower East Side |
| ZIP | 10002 |
| Year built | 1900 |
| Apartments | 6 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1004120062 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 179-181 ESSEX LLC 424 WEST 51 STREET #GROUND · New York, NY 10019 |
| Managing agent | CENTENNIAL PROPERTIES NY |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 25 open / 100 total · 13 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 142 total |
| HPD registration last filed | September 4, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 179 Essex St rent stabilized?
179 Essex 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 179 Essex St?
179 Essex St (BBL 1004120062) has about 6 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.