Is 518 W 159th St rent stabilized?
518 W 159th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan (10032). It has about 38 apartments, built in 2009.
Also written as 518 West 159th Street — or 518 W 159th St, Manhattan, NY 10032.
How this building compares
With about 38 apartments it is larger than 62% of the 658 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Washington Heights (South). It went up in 2009, 95 years after the 1914 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 122 open violations here, about 3.2 per apartment — above the 0.7 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 696 violations on record at the address, 163 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 814 HPD complaints at the address, 108 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Washington Heights (South) |
| ZIP | 10032 |
| Year built | 2009 |
| Apartments | 38 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1021170026 |
Owner & management
| Owner | DOROTHY MCGOWAN LP 1328 NEW YORK AVENUE · HUNTINGTON, NY 11746 |
| Managing agent | CONCORD MANAGEMENT OF NY LLC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 122 open / 696 total · 89 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 9 open / 814 total |
| HPD registration last filed | October 9, 2025 |
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