Is 520 W 139th St rent stabilized?
520 W 139th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan (10031). It has about 42 apartments, built in 1910.
Also written as 520 West 139th Street — or 520 W 139th St, Manhattan, NY 10031.
How this building compares
With about 42 apartments it is larger than 79% of the 517 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill. HPD lists 35 open violations here, about 0.8 per apartment — close to the 0.9 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 815 violations on record at the address, 248 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 21 of them are still open. HPD issued 70 new violations at the address in the last twelve months. Tenants have filed 1,532 HPD complaints at the address, 191 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill |
| ZIP | 10031 |
| Year built | 1910 |
| Apartments | 42 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1020700043 |
Owner & management
| Owner | harlem east llc 520 west 139 street · Brooklyn, NY 11230 |
| Managing agent | US REALTY CORP |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 35 open / 815 total · 70 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 1 open / 1532 total |
| HPD registration last filed | December 2, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 520 W 139th St rent stabilized?
520 W 139th St in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, 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 520 W 139th St?
520 W 139th St (BBL 1020700043) has about 42 residential apartments and was built in 1910, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.
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