Is 249 E 53rd St rent stabilized?
249 E 53rd St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in East Midtown-Turtle Bay, Manhattan (10022). It has about 12 apartments, built in 1904.
Also written as 249 East 53rd Street — or 249 E 53rd St, Manhattan, NY 10022.
How this building compares
With about 12 apartments it is smaller than 72% of the 261 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in East Midtown-Turtle Bay. It went up in 1904, 23 years before the 1927 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 9 open violations here, about 0.8 per apartment — above the one for every 17 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 92 violations on record at the address, 32 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 4 of them are still open. HPD issued 1 new violation at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | East Midtown-Turtle Bay |
| ZIP | 10022 |
| Year built | 1904 |
| Apartments | 12 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1013270120 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 249 EAST REALTY LLC 377 PARK AVE SOUTH #3RD · NY, NY 10016 |
| Managing agent | 249 EAST REALTY, LLC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 9 open / 92 total · 1 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 136 total |
| HPD registration last filed | September 11, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 249 E 53rd St rent stabilized?
249 E 53rd St in East Midtown-Turtle Bay, 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 249 E 53rd St?
249 E 53rd St (BBL 1013270120) has about 12 residential apartments and was built in 1904, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.
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