Is 539 W 148th St rent stabilized?
539 W 148th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan (10031). It has about 6 apartments, built in 1920.
Also written as 539 West 148th Street — or 539 W 148th St, Manhattan, NY 10031.
How this building compares
With about 6 apartments it is smaller than 92% of the 517 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill. Its 1920 construction date sits close to the 1910 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 28 open violations here, about 4.7 per apartment — above the 0.9 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 328 violations on record at the address, 82 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 10 of them are still open. HPD issued 1 new violation at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill |
| ZIP | 10031 |
| Year built | 1920 |
| Apartments | 6 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING B |
| BBL | 1020800014 |
Owner & management
| Owner | IWC 539 W 148TH LLC 1080 BERGEN STREET #304 · Brooklyn, NY 11216 |
| Managing agent | IWC 539 W 148th LLC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 28 open / 328 total · 1 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 311 total |
| HPD registration last filed | October 28, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 539 W 148th St rent stabilized?
539 W 148th 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 code is MULTIPLE DWELLING B. 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 539 W 148th St?
539 W 148th St (BBL 1020800014) has about 6 residential apartments and was built in 1920, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.
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