Is 581 W 161st St rent stabilized?
581 W 161st St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan (10032). It has about 28 apartments, built in 1910.
Also written as 581 West 161st Street — or 581 W 161st St, Manhattan, NY 10032.
How this building compares
With about 28 apartments it sits near the middle of the 658 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Washington Heights (South), where the median building has 30. Its 1910 construction date sits close to the 1914 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 52 open violations here, about 1.9 per apartment — above the 0.7 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 797 violations on record at the address, 175 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 841 HPD complaints at the address, 79 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Washington Heights (South) |
| ZIP | 10032 |
| Year built | 1910 |
| Apartments | 28 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A, GARDEN COMPLEX |
| BBL | 1021200001 |
Owner & management
| Owner | PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATES, LLC 3441 KINGSBRIDGE AVENUE #2ND FL · Bronx, NY 10463 |
| Managing agent | PROTO PROPERTY SERVICES, LLC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 52 open / 797 total · 163 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 841 total |
| HPD registration last filed | September 19, 2025 |
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