Is 188 Saint Nicholas Ave rent stabilized?
188 Saint Nicholas Ave is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Harlem (South), Manhattan (10026). It has about 42 apartments, built in 1920.
Also written as 188 Saint Nicholas Avenue — or 188 Saint Nicholas Ave, Manhattan, NY 10026.
How this building compares
With about 42 apartments it is larger than 89% of the 523 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Harlem (South). Its 1920 construction date sits close to the 1910 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 160 open violations here, about 3.8 per apartment — above the 0.8 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 228 violations on record at the address, 62 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 307 HPD complaints at the address, 43 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Harlem (South) |
| ZIP | 10026 |
| Year built | 1920 |
| Apartments | 42 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1019250050 |
Owner & management
| Owner | F. E. NADAL CORP. 140 CABRINI BLVD. #51 · NEW YORK, NY 10033 |
| Managing agent | FRANK NADAL |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 160 open / 228 total · 30 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 1 open / 307 total |
| HPD registration last filed | November 14, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 188 Saint Nicholas Ave rent stabilized?
188 Saint Nicholas Ave in Harlem (South), 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 188 Saint Nicholas Ave?
188 Saint Nicholas Ave (BBL 1019250050) has about 42 residential apartments and was built in 1920, 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.