Is 525 E 81st St rent stabilized?
525 E 81st St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Upper East Side-Yorkville, Manhattan (10028). It has about 44 apartments, built in 1957.
Also written as 525 East 81st Street — or 525 E 81st St, Manhattan, NY 10028.
How this building compares
With about 44 apartments it is larger than 85% of the 822 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Upper East Side-Yorkville. It went up in 1957, 37 years after the 1920 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 66 open violations here, about 1.5 per apartment — above the one for every 8 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 98 violations on record at the address, 12 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 1 of them is still open. HPD issued 1 new violation at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Upper East Side-Yorkville |
| ZIP | 10028 |
| Year built | 1957 |
| Apartments | 44 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A, GARDEN COMPLEX |
| BBL | 1015780014 |
Owner & management
| Owner | ELK 525 EAST 81ST LLC 489 FIFTH AVENUE #9TH FL · NEW YORK, NY 10017 |
| Managing agent | ELK 525 EAST 81ST LLC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 66 open / 98 total · 1 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 2 open / 235 total |
| HPD registration last filed | July 14, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 525 E 81st St rent stabilized?
525 E 81st St in Upper East Side-Yorkville, Manhattan is registered as rent stabilized in the New York State DHCR 2024 rent-stabilized building files, where its stabilization codes are MULTIPLE DWELLING A and GARDEN COMPLEX. 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 525 E 81st St?
525 E 81st St (BBL 1015780014) has about 44 residential apartments and was built in 1957, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.
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