Is 522 W 159th St rent stabilized?
522 W 159th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan (10032). It has about 16 apartments, built in 1900.
Also written as 522 West 159th Street — or 522 W 159th St, Manhattan, NY 10032.
How this building compares
With about 16 apartments it is smaller than 81% of the 658 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Washington Heights (South). Its 1900 construction date sits close to the 1914 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 60 open violations here, about 3.8 per apartment — above the 0.7 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 522 violations on record at the address, 171 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 28 of them are still open. HPD issued 11 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Washington Heights (South) |
| ZIP | 10032 |
| Year built | 1900 |
| Apartments | 16 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1021170025 |
Owner & management
| Owner | JUDICIAL REALTY LLC 829 EMPIRE BLVD · Brooklyn, NY 11213 |
| Managing agent | JONATHAN MALINAS |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 60 open / 522 total · 11 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 1 open / 1107 total |
| HPD registration last filed | October 15, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 522 W 159th St rent stabilized?
522 W 159th St in Washington Heights (South), 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 522 W 159th St?
522 W 159th St (BBL 1021170025) has about 16 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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