Is 544 W 49th St rent stabilized?
544 W 49th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan (10019). It has about 20 apartments, built in 1909.
Also written as 544 West 49th Street — or 544 W 49th St, Manhattan, NY 10019.
How this building compares
With about 20 apartments it sits near the middle of the 552 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Hell's Kitchen, where the median building has 16. Its 1909 construction date sits close to the 1920 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 23 open violations here, about 1.1 per apartment — above the one for every 2 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 828 violations on record at the address, 188 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 11 of them are still open. HPD issued 27 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Hell's Kitchen |
| ZIP | 10019 |
| Year built | 1909 |
| Apartments | 20 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1010770057 |
Owner & management
| Owner | ABACUS CLINTON LLC 56 WEST 22ND STREET #10 FL · New York, NY 10010 |
| Managing agent | WILDER REALTY |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 23 open / 828 total · 27 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 1 open / 733 total |
| HPD registration last filed | November 12, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 544 W 49th St rent stabilized?
544 W 49th St in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan is registered as rent stabilized in the New York State DHCR 2024 rent-stabilized building files, where its stabilization code is MULTIPLE DWELLING A. 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 544 W 49th St?
544 W 49th St (BBL 1010770057) has about 20 residential apartments and was built in 1909, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.