Is 559 W 188th St rent stabilized?
559 W 188th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan (10040). It has about 32 apartments, built in 1920.
Also written as 559 West 188th Street — or 559 W 188th St, Manhattan, NY 10040.
How this building compares
With about 32 apartments it sits near the middle of the 562 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Washington Heights (North), where the median building has 41. Its 1920 construction date sits close to the 1922 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 21 open violations here, about 0.7 per apartment — close to the 0.6 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 343 violations on record at the address, 79 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 1,345 HPD complaints at the address, 26 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Washington Heights (North) |
| ZIP | 10040 |
| Year built | 1920 |
| Apartments | 32 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1021580055 |
Owner & management
| Owner | PR 559 WEST 188 LLC 205 WEST 15 · NEW YORK, NY 10011 |
| Managing agent | CHELSMORE UNIVERSAL INC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 21 open / 343 total · 3 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 1 open / 1345 total |
| HPD registration last filed | July 24, 2025 |
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