Is 56 E 131st St rent stabilized?
56 E 131st St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in East Harlem (North), Manhattan (10037). It has about 40 apartments, built in 2009.
Also written as 56 East 131st Street — or 56 E 131st St, Manhattan, NY 10037.
How this building compares
With about 40 apartments it is larger than 88% of the 515 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in East Harlem (North). It went up in 2009, 99 years after the 1910 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 79 open violations here, about 2.0 per apartment — above the 1.0 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 222 violations on record at the address, 61 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 18 of them are still open. HPD issued 46 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | East Harlem (North) |
| ZIP | 10037 |
| Year built | 2009 |
| Apartments | 40 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A, GARDEN COMPLEX, SECTION 610 OF PHFL |
| BBL | 1017550047 |
Owner & management
| Owner | HERITAGE HOUSES DEVELOPMENT L.P. 56 EAST 131 STREET · NEW YORK, NY 10035 |
| Managing agent | PRESTIGE MANAGEMENT INC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 79 open / 222 total · 46 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 6 open / 281 total |
| HPD registration last filed | November 28, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 56 E 131st St rent stabilized?
56 E 131st St in East Harlem (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, GARDEN COMPLEX and SECTION 610 OF PHFL. 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 56 E 131st St?
56 E 131st St (BBL 1017550047) has about 40 residential apartments and was built in 2009, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.
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