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 24 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, and 6 of them are still open. HPD issued 6 new violations at the address 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 | 24 open / 436 total · 6 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 5 open / 542 total |
| HPD registration last filed | September 15, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 526 To 528 W 161st St rent stabilized?
526 To 528 W 161st 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 526 To 528 W 161st St?
526 To 528 W 161st St (BBL 1021190023) has about 24 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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