Is 523 W 138th St rent stabilized?
523 W 138th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan (10031). It has about 20 apartments, built in 1910.
Also written as 523 West 138th Street — or 523 W 138th St, Manhattan, NY 10031.
How this building compares
With about 20 apartments it sits near the middle of the 517 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, where the median building has 21. HPD lists 5 open violations here, about one for every 4 apartments — below the 0.9 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 599 violations on record at the address, 191 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and none of them are still open. HPD issued 5 new violations at the address in the last twelve months. Tenants have filed 970 HPD complaints at the address, 19 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill |
| ZIP | 10031 |
| Year built | 1910 |
| Apartments | 20 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1020700019 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 523 WEST 138TH LLC 235 RIVER AVE #220 · Lakewood, NJ 08701 |
| Managing agent | PALLADIUM PROPERTY GROUP |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 5 open / 599 total · 5 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 970 total |
| HPD registration last filed | July 7, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 523 W 138th St rent stabilized?
523 W 138th 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 523 W 138th St?
523 W 138th St (BBL 1020700019) has about 20 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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