Is 521 W 144th St rent stabilized?
521 W 144th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan (10031). It has about 15 apartments, built in 1880.
Also written as 521 West 144th Street — or 521 W 144th St, Manhattan, NY 10031.
How this building compares
With about 15 apartments it is smaller than 62% of the 517 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill. It went up in 1880, 30 years before the 1910 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 38 open violations here, about 2.5 per apartment — above the 0.9 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 417 violations on record at the address, 71 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 8 of them are still open. HPD issued 3 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill |
| ZIP | 10031 |
| Year built | 1880 |
| Apartments | 15 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1020760021 |
Owner & management
| Owner | RICHARD WRIGHT HOUSES LP 1000 DEAN STREET #420 · Brooklyn, NY 11238 |
| Managing agent | CONCORD MANAGEMENT OF NY LLC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 38 open / 417 total · 3 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 6 open / 140 total |
| HPD registration last filed | October 14, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 521 W 144th St rent stabilized?
521 W 144th 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 521 W 144th St?
521 W 144th St (BBL 1020760021) has about 15 residential apartments and was built in 1880, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.
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