Is 551 3rd Ave rent stabilized?
551 3rd Ave is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Murray Hill-Kips Bay, Manhattan (10016). It has about 42 apartments, built in 1900.
Also written as 551 3rd Avenue — or 551 3rd Ave, Manhattan, NY 10016.
How this building compares
With about 42 apartments it is larger than 68% of the 346 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Murray Hill-Kips Bay. It went up in 1900, 20 years before the 1920 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 10 open violations here, about one for every 4 apartments — above the one for every 9 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 119 violations on record at the address, 36 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 119 HPD complaints at the address, 2 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Murray Hill-Kips Bay |
| ZIP | 10016 |
| Year built | 1900 |
| Apartments | 42 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1009170058 |
Owner & management
| Owner | EK 3 LLC 3 WEST 57 STREET #7TH FL · NEW YORK CITY, NY 10019 |
| Managing agent | ANNETTE FOBBS |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 10 open / 119 total · 1 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 119 total |
| HPD registration last filed | November 1, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 551 3rd Ave rent stabilized?
551 3rd Ave in Murray Hill-Kips Bay, 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 551 3rd Ave?
551 3rd Ave (BBL 1009170058) has about 42 residential apartments and was built in 1900, 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.
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