Is 500 W 159th St rent stabilized?
500 W 159th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan (10032). It has about 25 apartments, built in 1907.
Also written as 500 West 159th Street — or 500 W 159th St, Manhattan, NY 10032.
How this building compares
With about 25 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 36 open violations here, about 1.4 per apartment — above the 0.7 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 405 violations on record at the address, 78 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 272 HPD complaints at the address, 16 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Washington Heights (South) |
| ZIP | 10032 |
| Year built | 1907 |
| Apartments | 25 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1021170034 |
Owner & management
| Owner | ESSIE JEFFRIES APARTMENTS HDFC 1328 NEW YORK AVENUE · Huntington, NY 11746 |
| Managing agent | CONCORD MANAGEMENT OF NY LLC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 36 open / 405 total · 9 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 272 total |
| HPD registration last filed | October 9, 2025 |
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