Is 521 W 149th St rent stabilized?
521 W 149th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan (10031). It has about 8 apartments, built in 1900.
Also written as 521 West 149th Street — or 521 W 149th St, Manhattan, NY 10031.
How this building compares
With about 8 apartments it is smaller than 80% of the 517 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill. Its 1900 construction date sits close to the 1910 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 18 open violations here, about 2.2 per apartment — above the 0.9 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 38 violations on record at the address, 14 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 11 of them are still open. HPD issued 1 new violation at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill |
| ZIP | 10031 |
| Year built | 1900 |
| Apartments | 8 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1020810121 |
Owner & management
| Owner | W149 Acquisition Corp. 330 GREAT NECK ROAD #2ND FL · Great Neck, NY 11021 |
| Managing agent | william goodman |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 18 open / 38 total · 1 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 34 total |
| HPD registration last filed | December 29, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 521 W 149th St rent stabilized?
521 W 149th 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 149th St?
521 W 149th St (BBL 1020810121) has about 8 residential apartments and was built in 1900, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.
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