Is 498 W 159th St rent stabilized?
498 W 159th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan (10032). It has about 26 apartments, built in 1907.
Also written as 498 West 159th Street — or 498 W 159th St, Manhattan, NY 10032.
How this building compares
With about 26 apartments it sits near the middle of the 658 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Washington Heights (South), where the median building has 30. Its 1907 construction date sits close to the 1914 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 5 open violations here, about one for every 5 apartments — below the 0.7 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 116 violations on record at the address, 34 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 3 of them are still open. HPD issued 15 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Washington Heights (South) |
| ZIP | 10032 |
| Year built | 1907 |
| Apartments | 26 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1021080081 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 1995 AMSTERDAM LLC 1499 CONEY ISLAND AVENUE · Brooklyn, NY 11230 |
| Managing agent | DOV SCHREIBER |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 5 open / 116 total · 15 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 194 total |
| HPD registration last filed | September 8, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 498 W 159th St rent stabilized?
498 W 159th St in Washington Heights (South), 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 498 W 159th St?
498 W 159th St (BBL 1021080081) has about 26 residential apartments and was built in 1907, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.
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