Is 44 Hester St rent stabilized?
44 Hester St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan (10002). It has about 16 apartments, built in 1900.
Also written as 44 Hester Street — or 44 Hester St, Manhattan, NY 10002.
How this building compares
Its 1900 construction date sits close to the 1910 median for stabilized buildings tracked in Chinatown-Two Bridges. HPD lists 11 open violations here, about 0.7 per apartment — above the 0.5 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 32 violations on record at the address, 5 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 2 of them are still open. Tenants have filed 6 HPD complaints at the address, none of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Chinatown-Two Bridges |
| ZIP | 10002 |
| Year built | 1900 |
| Apartments | 16 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1002970016 |
Owner & management
| Owner | WELL LUCK REALTY CORPORATION 44 HESTER STREET · New York, NY 10002 |
| Managing agent | WELL LUCK REALTY CORP |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 11 open / 32 total |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 6 total |
| HPD registration last filed | November 21, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 44 Hester St rent stabilized?
44 Hester St in Chinatown-Two Bridges, 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 44 Hester St?
44 Hester St (BBL 1002970016) has about 16 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.
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