Is 5 W 137th St rent stabilized?
5 W 137th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Harlem (North), Manhattan (10037). It has about 18 apartments, built in 1920.
Also written as 5 West 137th Street — or 5 W 137th St, Manhattan, NY 10037.
How this building compares
With about 18 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 1920 construction date sits close to the 1910 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 10 open violations here, about 0.6 per apartment — below the 0.9 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 137 violations on record at the address, 61 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 195 HPD complaints at the address, 34 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Harlem (North) |
| ZIP | 10037 |
| Year built | 1920 |
| Apartments | 18 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1017350032 |
Owner & management
| Owner | CITYWIDE PRESERVATION LLC 1783A MADISON AVE · New York, NY 10035 |
| Managing agent | DOLPHIN PROPERTY SERVICES LLC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 10 open / 137 total · 16 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 4 open / 195 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 22, 2025 |