Is 501 W 121st St rent stabilized?
501 W 121st St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Morningside Heights, Manhattan (10027). It has about 36 apartments, built in 1926.
Also written as 501 West 121st Street — or 501 W 121st St, Manhattan, NY 10027.
How this building compares
With about 36 apartments it sits near the middle of the 143 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Morningside Heights, where the median building has 33. It went up in 1926, 16 years after the 1910 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 21 open violations here, about 0.6 per apartment — above the one for every 3 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 25 violations on record at the address, 1 is class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 38 HPD complaints at the address, none of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Morningside Heights |
| ZIP | 10027 |
| Year built | 1926 |
| Apartments | 36 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1019760029 |
Owner & management
| Owner | TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 400 WEST 119TH STREET · NEW YORK, NY 10027 |
| Managing agent | DIEGO RIVERA |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 21 open / 25 total |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 38 total |
| HPD registration last filed | October 20, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
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