Is 188 1st Ave rent stabilized?
188 1st Ave is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in East Village, Manhattan (10009). It has about 8 apartments, built in 1900.
Also written as 188 1st Avenue — or 188 1st Ave, Manhattan, NY 10009.
How this building compares
With about 8 apartments it is smaller than 82% of the 973 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in East Village. HPD lists 13 open violations here, about 1.6 per apartment — above the one for every 3 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 31 violations on record at the address, 15 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 3 of them are still open. HPD issued 5 new violations at the address in the last twelve months. Tenants have filed 2 HPD complaints at the address, none of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | East Village |
| ZIP | 10009 |
| Year built | 1900 |
| Apartments | 8 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1004390004 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 186-188 FIRST AVENUE LLC 579 5TH AVE #4 · New York, NY 10017 |
| Managing agent | HUBB NYC PROPERTY MANAGEMENT |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 13 open / 31 total · 5 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 2 total |
| HPD registration last filed | December 4, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 188 1st Ave rent stabilized?
188 1st Ave in East Village, 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 188 1st Ave?
188 1st Ave (BBL 1004390004) has about 8 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.