Is 242 E 79th St rent stabilized?
242 E 79th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan (10075). It has about 24 apartments, built in 1930.
Also written as 242 East 79th Street — or 242 E 79th St, Manhattan, NY 10075.
How this building compares
With about 24 apartments it sits near the middle of the 626 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, where the median building has 20. It went up in 1930, 20 years after the 1910 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 8 open violations here, about one for every 3 apartments — above the one for every 10 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 187 violations on record at the address, 31 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 5 of them are still open. HPD issued 11 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island |
| ZIP | 10075 |
| Year built | 1930 |
| Apartments | 24 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING B |
| BBL | 1014330029 |
Owner & management
| Owner | NR 79th Street LLC 44 WEST 55TH STREET #500 · New York, NY 10019 |
| Managing agent | EMMES ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 8 open / 187 total · 11 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 1 open / 79 total |
| HPD registration last filed | March 27, 2026 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 242 E 79th St rent stabilized?
242 E 79th St in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan is registered as rent stabilized in the New York State DHCR 2024 rent-stabilized building files, where its stabilization code is MULTIPLE DWELLING B. 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 79th St?
242 E 79th St (BBL 1014330029) has about 24 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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