Is 218 E 5th St rent stabilized?
218 E 5th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in East Village, Manhattan (10003). It has about 10 apartments, built in 1866.
Also written as 218 East 5th Street — or 218 E 5th St, Manhattan, NY 10003.
How this building compares
With about 10 apartments it is smaller than 72% 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 4 open violations here, about one for every 2 apartments — above the one for every 3 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 27 violations on record at the address, 2 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and all of them are still open. Tenants have filed 17 HPD complaints at the address, none of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | East Village |
| ZIP | 10003 |
| Year built | 1866 |
| Apartments | 10 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1004600020 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 218 EAST 5TH STREET ASSOCIATES LLC 330 LAKESIDE RD #PO BOX · Hewitt, NJ 07421 |
| Managing agent | 218 EAST 5TH STREET ASSOCIATES LLC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 4 open / 27 total |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 17 total |
| HPD registration last filed | October 21, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 218 E 5th St rent stabilized?
218 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 218 E 5th St?
218 E 5th St (BBL 1004600020) has about 10 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.