Is 527 W 121st St rent stabilized?
527 W 121st St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Morningside Heights, Manhattan (10027). It has about 24 apartments, built in 1926.
Also written as 527 West 121st Street — or 527 W 121st St, Manhattan, NY 10027.
How this building compares
With about 24 apartments it is smaller than 62% of the 143 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Morningside Heights. It went up in 1926, 16 years after the 1910 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 12 open violations here, about 0.5 per apartment — above the one for every 4 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Tenants have filed 9 HPD complaints at the address, none of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Morningside Heights |
| ZIP | 10027 |
| Year built | 1926 |
| Apartments | 24 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1019760010 |
Owner & management
| Owner | TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 400 WEST 119TH STREET · NEW YORK, NY 10027 |
| Managing agent | DIEGO RIVERA |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 12 open / 15 total |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 9 total |
| HPD registration last filed | October 23, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 527 W 121st St rent stabilized?
527 W 121st St in Morningside Heights, 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 527 W 121st St?
527 W 121st St (BBL 1019760010) has about 24 residential apartments and was built in 1926, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.
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