Is 531 W 144th St rent stabilized?
531 W 144th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan (10031). It has about 10 apartments, built in 1910.
Also written as 531 West 144th Street — or 531 W 144th St, Manhattan, NY 10031.
How this building compares
With about 10 apartments it is smaller than 71% of the 517 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill. HPD lists 10 open violations here, about 1.0 per apartment — close to the 0.9 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 24 violations on record at the address, 3 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and all of them are still open. HPD issued 1 new violation at the address in the last twelve months. Tenants have filed 2 HPD complaints at the address, none of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill |
| ZIP | 10031 |
| Year built | 1910 |
| Apartments | 10 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A, GARDEN COMPLEX |
| BBL | 1020760020 |
Owner & management
| Owner | DEMINGER INC 509 West 144th Street · New York, NY 10031 |
| Managing agent | Michael Pottinger |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 10 open / 24 total · 1 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 2 total |
| HPD registration last filed | July 11, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 531 W 144th St rent stabilized?
531 W 144th 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 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 531 W 144th St?
531 W 144th St (BBL 1020760020) has about 10 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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