Is 536 E 5th St rent stabilized?
536 E 5th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in East Village, Manhattan (10009). It has about 22 apartments, built in 1929.
Also written as 536 East 5th Street — or 536 E 5th St, Manhattan, NY 10009.
How this building compares
With about 22 apartments it is larger than 66% of the 973 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in East Village. It went up in 1929, 29 years after the 1900 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 15 open violations here, about 0.7 per apartment — above the one for every 4 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 185 violations on record at the address, 48 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 181 HPD complaints at the address, 21 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | East Village |
| ZIP | 10009 |
| Year built | 1929 |
| Apartments | 22 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING B |
| BBL | 1004000024 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 536 E 5TH ST EQUITIES 540 EAST 5 ST #MANAGE · New York, NY 10009 |
| Managing agent | 536 E 5TH ST EQUITIES |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 15 open / 185 total · 19 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 181 total |
| HPD registration last filed | September 17, 2025 |