Is 21 W 120th St rent stabilized?
21 W 120th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Harlem (South), Manhattan (10027). It has about 4 apartments, built in 1888.
Also written as 21 West 120th Street — or 21 W 120th St, Manhattan, NY 10027.
How this building compares
With about 4 apartments it is smaller than 94% of the 523 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Harlem (South). It went up in 1888, 22 years before the 1910 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 17 open violations here, about 4.2 per apartment — above the 0.8 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 83 violations on record at the address, 21 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 6 of them are still open. Tenants have filed 589 HPD complaints at the address, none of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Harlem (South) |
| ZIP | 10027 |
| Year built | 1888 |
| Apartments | 4 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A, GARDEN COMPLEX |
| BBL | 1017200007 |
Owner & management
| Owner | ALEXANDER FISHBEYN 354 WEST 123 #1 · New York, NY 10027 |
| Managing agent | ALEXANDER FISHBEYN |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 17 open / 83 total |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 589 total |
| HPD registration last filed | September 11, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 21 W 120th St rent stabilized?
21 W 120th St in Harlem (South), Manhattan is registered as rent stabilized in the New York State DHCR 2024 rent-stabilized building files, where its stabilization codes are MULTIPLE DWELLING A and GARDEN COMPLEX. 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 21 W 120th St?
21 W 120th St (BBL 1017200007) has about 4 residential apartments and was built in 1888, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.