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 7 open violations here, about one for every 4 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. Tenants have filed 193 HPD complaints at the address, 6 of them 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 | 7 open / 116 total · 15 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 193 total |
| HPD registration last filed | September 8, 2025 |
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