Is 56 Hester St rent stabilized?
56 Hester St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan (10002). It has about 15 apartments, built in 1930.
Also written as 56 Hester Street — or 56 Hester St, Manhattan, NY 10002.
How this building compares
With about 15 apartments it sits near the middle of the 395 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Chinatown-Two Bridges, where the median building has 16. It went up in 1930, 20 years after the 1910 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 48 open violations here, about 3.2 per apartment — above the 0.5 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 129 violations on record at the address, 27 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 6 of them are still open. HPD issued 1 new violation at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Chinatown-Two Bridges |
| ZIP | 10002 |
| Year built | 1930 |
| Apartments | 15 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1002980018 |
Owner & management
| Owner | A. WONG REALTY CORP 172 COOK ST · Brooklyn, NY 11206 |
| Managing agent | ANITA WONG |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 48 open / 129 total · 1 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 36 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 30, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 56 Hester St rent stabilized?
56 Hester St in Chinatown-Two Bridges, 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 56 Hester St?
56 Hester St (BBL 1002980018) has about 15 residential apartments and was built in 1930, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.
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