Is 540 W 165th St rent stabilized?
540 W 165th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan (10032). It has about 56 apartments, built in 1910.
Also written as 540 West 165th Street — or 540 W 165th St, Manhattan, NY 10032.
How this building compares
With about 56 apartments it is larger than 87% of the 658 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Washington Heights (South). Its 1910 construction date sits close to the 1914 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 78 open violations here, about 1.4 per apartment — above the 0.7 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 1,153 violations on record at the address, 324 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 47 of them are still open. HPD issued 80 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Washington Heights (South) |
| ZIP | 10032 |
| Year built | 1910 |
| Apartments | 56 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A, SECTION 610 OF PHFL, ARTICLE 11 |
| BBL | 1021220084 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 1091 ST NICHOLAS AVE. OWNER LLC 80 FIFTH AVENUE #1211 · NEW YORK, NY 10011 |
| Managing agent | NIEUW AMSTERDAMP PROPERTY MANAGEMENT |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 78 open / 1153 total · 80 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 23 open / 1192 total |
| HPD registration last filed | June 30, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 540 W 165th St rent stabilized?
540 W 165th St in Washington Heights (South), 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, SECTION 610 OF PHFL and ARTICLE 11. 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 W 165th St?
540 W 165th St (BBL 1021220084) has about 56 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.
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