Is 501 W 171st St rent stabilized?
501 W 171st St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan (10032). It has about 33 apartments, built in 1909.
Also written as 501 West 171st Street — or 501 W 171st St, Manhattan, NY 10032.
How this building compares
With about 33 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 1909 construction date sits close to the 1914 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 79 open violations here, about 2.4 per apartment — above the 0.7 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 355 violations on record at the address, 90 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 29 of them are still open. HPD issued 12 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Washington Heights (South) |
| ZIP | 10032 |
| Year built | 1909 |
| Apartments | 33 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1021280051 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 501 WEST 171ST REALTY CORP 1387 Saint Nicholas Avenue #2nd Fl · New York, NY 10033 |
| Managing agent | RON NAHUM |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 79 open / 355 total · 12 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 2 open / 368 total |
| HPD registration last filed | December 18, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 501 W 171st St rent stabilized?
501 W 171st St in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan is registered as rent stabilized in the New York State DHCR 2024 rent-stabilized building files, where its stabilization code is MULTIPLE DWELLING A. 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 501 W 171st St?
501 W 171st St (BBL 1021280051) has about 33 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.
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