Is 490 W 187th St rent stabilized?
490 W 187th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan (10033). It has about 58 apartments, built in 1938.
Also written as 490 West 187th Street — or 490 W 187th St, Manhattan, NY 10033.
How this building compares
With about 58 apartments it is larger than 73% of the 562 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Washington Heights (North). It went up in 1938, 16 years after the 1922 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 70 open violations here, about 1.2 per apartment — above the 0.6 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 842 violations on record at the address, 188 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 21 of them are still open. HPD issued 24 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Washington Heights (North) |
| ZIP | 10033 |
| Year built | 1938 |
| Apartments | 58 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1021490097 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 490 REALTY LLC 485 WEST 187TH STREET · NY, NY 10033 |
| Managing agent | 490 REALTY LLC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 70 open / 842 total · 24 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 1416 total |
| HPD registration last filed | July 3, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 490 W 187th St rent stabilized?
490 W 187th St in Washington Heights (North), 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 490 W 187th St?
490 W 187th St (BBL 1021490097) has about 58 residential apartments and was built in 1938, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.
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