Is 249 W 26th St rent stabilized?
249 W 26th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square, Manhattan (10001). It has about 18 apartments, built in 1901.
Also written as 249 West 26th Street — or 249 W 26th St, Manhattan, NY 10001.
How this building compares
With about 18 apartments it sits near the middle of the 140 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square, where the median building has 18. It went up in 1901, 19 years before the 1920 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 8 open violations here, about one for every 2 apartments — above the one for every 8 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 51 violations on record at the address, 14 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 187 HPD complaints at the address, 11 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square |
| ZIP | 10001 |
| Year built | 1901 |
| Apartments | 18 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1007760010 |
Owner & management
| Owner | CHELSEA PARTNERS I, LLC 381 PARK AVENUE SOUTH #1420 · New York, NY 10016 |
| Managing agent | ROWDY MANAGEMENT |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 8 open / 51 total · 4 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 187 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 29, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 249 W 26th St rent stabilized?
249 W 26th St in Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square, Manhattan is registered as rent stabilized in the New York State DHCR 2024 rent-stabilized building files. 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 W 26th St?
249 W 26th St (BBL 1007760010) has about 18 residential apartments and was built in 1901, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized, and the DHCR files this site is built on register the building rather than its individual apartments.
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