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
With about 16 apartments it sits near the middle of the 395 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Chinatown-Two Bridges, where the median building has 16. Its 1900 construction date sits close to the 1910 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. 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. 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 |
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