Is 259 To 261 W 144th St rent stabilized?
259 To 261 W 144th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Harlem (North), Manhattan (10030). It has about 83 apartments, built in 1921.
Also written as 259 To 261 West 144th Street — or 259 To 261 W 144th St, Manhattan, NY 10030.
How this building compares
With about 83 apartments it is larger than 95% of the 734 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Harlem (North). Its 1921 construction date sits close to the 1910 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 25 open violations here, about one for every 3 apartments — below the 0.9 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 391 violations on record at the address, 79 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 3 of them are still open. HPD issued 20 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Harlem (North) |
| ZIP | 10030 |
| Year built | 1921 |
| Apartments | 83 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A, J-51 |
| BBL | 1020300010 |
Owner & management
| Owner | Azure 144th, LLC 2259 7th Avenue #1W · New York, NY 10027 |
| Managing agent | Jay Newhouse |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 25 open / 391 total · 20 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 1 open / 812 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 29, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 259 To 261 W 144th St rent stabilized?
259 To 261 W 144th St in Harlem (North), 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 J-51. 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 259 To 261 W 144th St?
259 To 261 W 144th St (BBL 1020300010) has about 83 residential apartments and was built in 1921, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.