Is 215 Avenue A rent stabilized?
215 Avenue A is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in East Village, Manhattan (10009). It has about 36 apartments, built in 1880.
Also written as 215 Avenue A, Manhattan, NY 10009.
How this building compares
With about 36 apartments it is larger than 89% of the 973 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in East Village. It went up in 1880, 20 years before the 1900 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 94 open violations here, about 2.6 per apartment — above the one for every 3 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 151 violations on record at the address, 46 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 32 of them are still open. HPD issued 57 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | East Village |
| ZIP | 10009 |
| Year built | 1880 |
| Apartments | 36 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1004410033 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 215-217 AVE A LLC 228 E 45TH ST #1800 · NEW YORK, NY 10017 |
| Managing agent | I C S AMERICA CO LTD |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 94 open / 151 total · 57 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 1 open / 180 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 27, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 215 Avenue A rent stabilized?
215 Avenue A 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 215 Avenue A?
215 Avenue A (BBL 1004410033) has about 36 residential apartments and was built in 1880, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.