Is 338 E 5th St rent stabilized?
338 E 5th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in East Village, Manhattan (10003). It has about 20 apartments, built in 1900.
Also written as 338 East 5th Street — or 338 E 5th St, Manhattan, NY 10003.
How this building compares
With about 20 apartments it sits near the middle of the 973 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in East Village, where the median building has 18. Its 1900 construction date sits close to the 1900 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 1 open violation here, about one for every 20 apartments — below the one for every 3 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 12 violations on record at the address, 4 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 19 HPD complaints at the address, none of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | East Village |
| ZIP | 10003 |
| Year built | 1900 |
| Apartments | 20 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1004460027 |
Owner & management
| Owner | LJW REALTY LLC 303 EAST 6TH STREET · NEW YORK, NY 10003 |
| Managing agent | MATEL REALTY LLC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 1 open / 12 total |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 19 total |
| HPD registration last filed | September 5, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 338 E 5th St rent stabilized?
338 E 5th St in East Village, 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 338 E 5th St?
338 E 5th St (BBL 1004460027) has about 20 residential apartments and was built in 1900, 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.