Is 5 W 131st St rent stabilized?
5 W 131st St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Harlem (North), Manhattan (10037). It has about 11 apartments, built in 1909.
Also written as 5 West 131st Street — or 5 W 131st St, Manhattan, NY 10037.
How this building compares
With about 11 apartments it sits near the middle of the 734 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Harlem (North), where the median building has 15. Its 1909 construction date sits close to the 1910 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 28 open violations here, about 2.5 per apartment — above the 0.9 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 134 violations on record at the address, 33 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 10 of them are still open. HPD issued 11 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Harlem (North) |
| ZIP | 10037 |
| Year built | 1909 |
| Apartments | 11 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A, GARDEN COMPLEX |
| BBL | 1017290032 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 131ST STREET REALTY LLC 2457 49 #202 · Astoria, NY 11103 |
| Managing agent | VICTOR SISMANOGLOU |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 28 open / 134 total · 11 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 124 total |
| HPD registration last filed | June 4, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 5 W 131st St rent stabilized?
5 W 131st St in Harlem (North), Manhattan is registered as rent stabilized in the New York State DHCR 2024 rent-stabilized building files, where its stabilization codes are MULTIPLE DWELLING A and GARDEN COMPLEX. 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 5 W 131st St?
5 W 131st St (BBL 1017290032) has about 11 residential apartments and was built in 1909, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.