Is 540 E 5th St rent stabilized?
540 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 540 East 5th Street — or 540 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 5 open violations here, about one for every 4 apartments — below the one for every 3 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 105 violations on record at the address, 35 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 231 HPD complaints at the address, 17 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 | 1004000026 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 540 E 5TH ST EQUITIES 540 EAST 5 ST #MANAGE · New York, NY 10009 |
| Managing agent | UNIVERSAL MANAGERS |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 5 open / 105 total · 5 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 231 total |
| HPD registration last filed | September 22, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 540 E 5th St rent stabilized?
540 E 5th St in East Village, Manhattan is registered as rent stabilized in the New York State DHCR 2024 rent-stabilized building files. 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 E 5th St?
540 E 5th St (BBL 1004000026) has about 22 residential apartments and was built in 1929, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized, and the DHCR files this site is built on register the building rather than its individual apartments.