Is 218 E 81st St rent stabilized?
218 E 81st St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Upper East Side-Yorkville, Manhattan (10028). It has about 17 apartments, built in 1930.
Also written as 218 East 81st Street — or 218 E 81st St, Manhattan, NY 10028.
How this building compares
With about 17 apartments it sits near the middle of the 822 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Upper East Side-Yorkville, where the median building has 20. Its 1930 construction date sits close to the 1920 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists no open violations at this address — one of 268 such buildings among the 822 this site tracks in the neighborhood. Of the 15 violations on record at the address, 8 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and none of them are still open. Tenants have filed 26 HPD complaints at the address, none of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Upper East Side-Yorkville |
| ZIP | 10028 |
| Year built | 1930 |
| Apartments | 17 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1015260039 |
Owner & management
| Owner | LL 218 EAST 81ST STREET LLC 177 EAST 87TH STREET #501 · NEW YORK, NY 10128 |
| Managing agent | LC LEMLE REAL ESTATE GROUP |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 0 open / 15 total |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 26 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 21, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 218 E 81st St rent stabilized?
218 E 81st St in Upper East Side-Yorkville, 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 81st St?
218 E 81st St (BBL 1015260039) has about 17 residential apartments and was built in 1930, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.
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