Is 273 W 138th St rent stabilized?
273 W 138th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Harlem (North), Manhattan (10030). It has about 18 apartments, built in 1891.
Also written as 273 West 138th Street — or 273 W 138th St, Manhattan, NY 10030.
How this building compares
With about 18 apartments it sits near the middle of the 734 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Harlem (North), where the median building has 15. It went up in 1891, 19 years before the 1910 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 11 open violations here, about 0.6 per apartment — below the 0.9 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 367 violations on record at the address, 127 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 5 of them are still open. Tenants have filed 404 HPD complaints at the address, 2 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Harlem (North) |
| ZIP | 10030 |
| Year built | 1891 |
| Apartments | 18 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A, J-51 |
| BBL | 1020240001 |
Owner & management
| Owner | HYK-273 W. 138ST. LLC 1245 51ST · Brooklyn, NY 11219 |
| Managing agent | ELI FISHER |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 11 open / 367 total |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 404 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 27, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 273 W 138th St rent stabilized?
273 W 138th 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 273 W 138th St?
273 W 138th St (BBL 1020240001) has about 18 residential apartments and was built in 1891, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.