Is 538 W 47th St rent stabilized?
538 W 47th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan (10036). It has about 20 apartments, built in 1910.
Also written as 538 West 47th Street — or 538 W 47th St, Manhattan, NY 10036.
How this building compares
With about 20 apartments it sits near the middle of the 552 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Hell's Kitchen, where the median building has 16. Its 1910 construction date sits close to the 1920 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 20 open violations here, about 1.0 per apartment — above the one for every 2 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 64 violations on record at the address, 8 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 3 of them are still open. HPD issued 2 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Hell's Kitchen |
| ZIP | 10036 |
| Year built | 1910 |
| Apartments | 20 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1010750051 |
Owner & management
| Owner | MIDTOWN WEST PROPERTIES, LLC 381 PARK AVENUE SOUTH #1420 · New York, NY 10016 |
| Managing agent | ROWDY MANAGEMENT |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 20 open / 64 total · 2 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 1 open / 155 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 29, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 538 W 47th St rent stabilized?
538 W 47th St in Hell's Kitchen, 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 538 W 47th St?
538 W 47th St (BBL 1010750051) has about 20 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.