Is 216 E 5th St rent stabilized?
216 E 5th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in East Village, Manhattan (10003). It has about 12 apartments, built in 1866.
Also written as 216 East 5th Street — or 216 E 5th St, Manhattan, NY 10003.
How this building compares
With about 12 apartments it is smaller than 66% of the 973 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in East Village. It went up in 1866, 34 years before the 1900 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 20 open violations here, about 1.7 per apartment — above the one for every 3 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 220 violations on record at the address, 67 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 4 of them are still open. HPD issued 35 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | East Village |
| ZIP | 10003 |
| Year built | 1866 |
| Apartments | 12 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1004600019 |
Owner & management
| Owner | MAX DRESSE LLC 260 WEST BROADWAY #9F · New York, NY 10013 |
| Managing agent | MAXIMILIAN DRESSE |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 20 open / 220 total · 35 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 1 open / 221 total |
| HPD registration last filed | October 16, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 216 E 5th St rent stabilized?
216 E 5th St 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 216 E 5th St?
216 E 5th St (BBL 1004600019) has about 12 residential apartments and was built in 1866, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.