Is 540 W 189th St rent stabilized?
540 W 189th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan (10040). It has about 30 apartments, built in 1917.
Also written as 540 West 189th Street — or 540 W 189th St, Manhattan, NY 10040.
How this building compares
With about 30 apartments it is smaller than 61% of the 562 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Washington Heights (North). Its 1917 construction date sits close to the 1922 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 69 open violations here, about 2.3 per apartment — above the 0.6 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 790 violations on record at the address, 250 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 24 of them are still open. HPD issued 49 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Washington Heights (North) |
| ZIP | 10040 |
| Year built | 1917 |
| Apartments | 30 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A, GARDEN COMPLEX |
| BBL | 1021590043 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 540 WEST 189TH GROUP LLC 50 RUTLEDGE STREET #503 · Brooklyn, NY 11249 |
| Managing agent | PLAZA MANAGEMENT |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 69 open / 790 total · 49 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 4 open / 906 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 14, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 540 W 189th St rent stabilized?
540 W 189th St 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 GARDEN COMPLEX. 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 189th St?
540 W 189th St (BBL 1021590043) has about 30 residential apartments and was built in 1917, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.
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