Is 526 To 528 W 161st St rent stabilized?
526 To 528 W 161st St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan (10032). It has about 24 apartments, built in 1910.
Also written as 526 To 528 West 161st Street — or 526 To 528 W 161st St, Manhattan, NY 10032.
How this building compares
With about 24 apartments it sits near the middle of the 658 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Washington Heights (South), where the median building has 30. Its 1910 construction date sits close to the 1914 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 25 open violations here, about 1.0 per apartment — above the 0.7 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 436 violations on record at the address, 100 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 532 HPD complaints at the address, 16 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Washington Heights (South) |
| ZIP | 10032 |
| Year built | 1910 |
| Apartments | 24 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1021190023 |
Owner & management
| Owner | Optimum Equity LLC 261 Lenox Road OFFICE · Brooklyn, NY 11226 |
| Managing agent | Jay Silver |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 25 open / 436 total · 8 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 532 total |
| HPD registration last filed | September 15, 2025 |
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