Is 21 W 137th St rent stabilized?
21 W 137th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Harlem (North), Manhattan (10037). It has about 18 apartments, built in 1920.
Also written as 21 West 137th Street — or 21 W 137th St, Manhattan, NY 10037.
How this building compares
With about 18 apartments it sits near the middle of the 734 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Harlem (North), where the median building has 15. Its 1920 construction date sits close to the 1910 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 82 open violations here, about 4.6 per apartment — above the 0.9 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 173 violations on record at the address, 49 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 25 of them are still open. HPD issued 54 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Harlem (North) |
| ZIP | 10037 |
| Year built | 1920 |
| Apartments | 18 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1017350020 |
Owner & management
| Owner | WEST 137 STREET LP 256 WEST 153RD STREET · New York, NY 10039 |
| Managing agent | PRESTIGE MANAGEMENT |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 82 open / 173 total · 54 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 149 total |
| HPD registration last filed | October 17, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 21 W 137th St rent stabilized?
21 W 137th St in Harlem (North), 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 21 W 137th St?
21 W 137th St (BBL 1017350020) has about 18 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.