Is 242 E 2nd St rent stabilized?
242 E 2nd St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in East Village, Manhattan (10009). It has about 24 apartments, built in 2005.
Also written as 242 East 2nd Street — or 242 E 2nd St, Manhattan, NY 10009.
How this building compares
With about 24 apartments it is larger than 72% of the 973 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in East Village. It went up in 2005, 105 years after the 1900 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 33 open violations here, about 1.4 per apartment — above the one for every 3 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 130 violations on record at the address, 42 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 9 of them are still open. HPD issued 7 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | East Village |
| ZIP | 10009 |
| Year built | 2005 |
| Apartments | 24 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A, GARDEN COMPLEX |
| BBL | 1003850049 |
Owner & management
| Owner | DIVERSITY HOUSES LP 228 EAST 3RD ST · NEW YORK, NY 10009 |
| Managing agent | LESPMHA, INC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 33 open / 130 total · 7 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 139 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 20, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 242 E 2nd St rent stabilized?
242 E 2nd St in East Village, 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 242 E 2nd St?
242 E 2nd St (BBL 1003850049) has about 24 residential apartments and was built in 2005, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.