Is 252 Broome St rent stabilized?
252 Broome St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Lower East Side, Manhattan (10002). It has about 16 apartments, built in 1890.
Also written as 252 Broome Street — or 252 Broome St, Manhattan, NY 10002.
How this building compares
With about 16 apartments it sits near the middle of the 322 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Lower East Side, where the median building has 18. It went up in 1890, 20 years before the 1910 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 26 open violations here, about 1.6 per apartment — above the one for every 2 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 149 violations on record at the address, 43 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 15 of them are still open. HPD issued 6 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Lower East Side |
| ZIP | 10002 |
| Year built | 1890 |
| Apartments | 16 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1004090031 |
Owner & management
| Owner | SMGB BROOME LLC / DDCM BROOME 185 GREAT NECK RD · GREAT NECK, NY 11021 |
| Managing agent | SMA EQUITIES |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 26 open / 149 total · 6 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 4 open / 262 total |
| HPD registration last filed | October 10, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 252 Broome St rent stabilized?
252 Broome St in Lower East Side, 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 252 Broome St?
252 Broome St (BBL 1004090031) has about 16 residential apartments and was built in 1890, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.