Is 438 W 52nd St rent stabilized?
438 W 52nd St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan (10019). It has about 14 apartments, built in 1901.
Also written as 438 West 52nd Street — or 438 W 52nd St, Manhattan, NY 10019.
How this building compares
With about 14 apartments it sits near the middle of the 552 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Hell's Kitchen, where the median building has 16. It went up in 1901, 19 years before the 1920 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 1 open violation here, about one for every 14 apartments — below the one for every 3 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 60 violations on record at the address, 14 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 157 HPD complaints at the address, 5 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Hell's Kitchen |
| ZIP | 10019 |
| Year built | 1901 |
| Apartments | 14 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1010610052 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 438 WEST 52 LLC 424 WEST 51 STREET #GF · New York, NY 10019 |
| Managing agent | CENTENNIAL PROPERTIES NY |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 1 open / 60 total · 1 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 2 open / 157 total |
| HPD registration last filed | January 6, 2026 |