Is 49 Essex St rent stabilized?
49 Essex St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan (10002). It has about 15 apartments, built in 1900.
Also written as 49 Essex Street — or 49 Essex St, Manhattan, NY 10002.
How this building compares
With about 15 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 4 open violations here, about one for every 4 apartments — below the 0.5 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 37 violations on record at the address, 8 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and none of them are still open. HPD issued 1 new violation at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Chinatown-Two Bridges |
| ZIP | 10002 |
| Year built | 1900 |
| Apartments | 15 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1003100021 |
Owner & management
| Owner | ESSEX REALTY MANAGER INC. 88 RIVINGTON · New York, NY 10001 |
| Managing agent | BROWNSTONE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CORP |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 4 open / 37 total · 1 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 129 total |
| HPD registration last filed | February 10, 2026 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 49 Essex St rent stabilized?
49 Essex 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 49 Essex St?
49 Essex St (BBL 1003100021) has about 15 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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