Is 221 W 121st St rent stabilized?
221 W 121st St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Harlem (South), Manhattan (10027). It has about 10 apartments, built in 1910.
Also written as 221 West 121st Street — or 221 W 121st St, Manhattan, NY 10027.
How this building compares
With about 10 apartments it sits near the middle of the 523 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Harlem (South), where the median building has 12. HPD lists 32 open violations here, about 3.2 per apartment — above the 0.8 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 122 violations on record at the address, 30 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 7 of them are still open. HPD issued 1 new violation at the address in the last twelve months. Tenants have filed 83 HPD complaints at the address, 6 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Harlem (South) |
| ZIP | 10027 |
| Year built | 1910 |
| Apartments | 10 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A, GARDEN COMPLEX |
| BBL | 1019270020 |
Owner & management
| Owner | ARTHUR RANSOME HOUSES LP 50 WEST 131ST STREET #OFFICE · New York, NY 10037 |
| Managing agent | PRESTIGE MANAGEMENT INC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 32 open / 122 total · 1 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 4 open / 83 total |
| HPD registration last filed | October 17, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 221 W 121st St rent stabilized?
221 W 121st St in Harlem (South), Manhattan is registered as rent stabilized in the New York State DHCR 2024 rent-stabilized building files, where its stabilization codes are MULTIPLE DWELLING A and GARDEN COMPLEX. 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 221 W 121st St?
221 W 121st St (BBL 1019270020) has about 10 residential apartments and was built in 1910, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.