Is 519 W 121st St rent stabilized?
519 W 121st St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Morningside Heights, Manhattan (10027). It has about 34 apartments, built in 1926.
Also written as 519 West 121st Street — or 519 W 121st St, Manhattan, NY 10027.
How this building compares
With about 34 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 45 open violations here, about 1.3 per apartment — above the one for every 4 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 53 violations on record at the address, 9 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 4 of them are still open. HPD issued 10 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Morningside Heights |
| ZIP | 10027 |
| Year built | 1926 |
| Apartments | 34 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1019760016 |
Owner & management
| Owner | TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 400 WEST 119TH STREET · NEW YORK, NY 10027 |
| Managing agent | DIEGO RIVERA |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 45 open / 53 total · 10 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 67 total |
| HPD registration last filed | October 20, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 519 W 121st St rent stabilized?
519 W 121st St in Morningside Heights, 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 519 W 121st St?
519 W 121st St (BBL 1019760016) has about 34 residential apartments and was built in 1926, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.
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