Is 279 E 44th St rent stabilized?
279 E 44th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in East Midtown-Turtle Bay, Manhattan (10017). It has about 240 apartments, built in 1964.
Also written as 279 East 44th Street — or 279 E 44th St, Manhattan, NY 10017.
How this building compares
With about 240 apartments it is larger than 95% of the 261 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in East Midtown-Turtle Bay. It went up in 1964, 37 years after the 1927 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 7 open violations here, about one for every 34 apartments — below the one for every 17 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 92 violations on record at the address, 4 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 1 of them is 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 | 10017 |
| Year built | 1964 |
| Apartments | 240 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1013180022 |
Owner & management
| Owner | STEVEN ELGHANAYAN 279 EAST 44TH STREET #9A · New York, NY 10017 |
| Managing agent | STEVEN ELGHANAYAN |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 7 open / 92 total · 1 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 1 open / 253 total |
| HPD registration last filed | October 30, 2024 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 279 E 44th St rent stabilized?
279 E 44th 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 279 E 44th St?
279 E 44th St (BBL 1013180022) has about 240 residential apartments and was built in 1964, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.
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