Is 509 W 161st St rent stabilized?
509 W 161st St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan (10032). It has about 25 apartments, built in 1920.
Also written as 509 West 161st Street — or 509 W 161st 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 1920 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 344 violations on record at the address, 94 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 16 of them are still open. HPD issued 74 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Washington Heights (South) |
| ZIP | 10032 |
| Year built | 1920 |
| Apartments | 25 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1021200044 |
Owner & management
| Owner | PASKAL 1, LLC 31-10 37TH AVENUE #500 · LIC, NY 11101 |
| Managing agent | ALMA REALTY CORP |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 36 open / 344 total · 74 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 1 open / 1284 total |
| HPD registration last filed | June 30, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 509 W 161st St rent stabilized?
509 W 161st 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 509 W 161st St?
509 W 161st St (BBL 1021200044) has about 25 residential apartments and was built in 1920, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.
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