Is 540 Audubon Ave rent stabilized?
540 Audubon Ave is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan (10040). It has about 45 apartments, built in 1923.
Also written as 540 Audubon Avenue — or 540 Audubon Ave, Manhattan, NY 10040.
How this building compares
With about 45 apartments it sits near the middle of the 562 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Washington Heights (North), where the median building has 41. Its 1923 construction date sits close to the 1922 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 10 open violations here, about one for every 4 apartments — below the 0.6 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 166 violations on record at the address, 37 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 3 of them are still open. HPD issued 20 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Washington Heights (North) |
| ZIP | 10040 |
| Year built | 1923 |
| Apartments | 45 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A, J-51 |
| BBL | 1021610055 |
Owner & management
| Owner | AUDUBON PROPERTY GROUP LLC 5925 BROADWAY · BRONX, NY 10463 |
| Managing agent | LEMLE & WOLFF INC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 10 open / 166 total · 20 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 405 total |
| HPD registration last filed | September 17, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 540 Audubon Ave rent stabilized?
540 Audubon Ave in Washington Heights (North), 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 J-51. 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 540 Audubon Ave?
540 Audubon Ave (BBL 1021610055) has about 45 residential apartments and was built in 1923, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.
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