Is 603 W 138th St rent stabilized?
603 W 138th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan (10031). It has about 24 apartments, built in 1920.
Also written as 603 West 138th Street — or 603 W 138th St, Manhattan, NY 10031.
How this building compares
With about 24 apartments it sits near the middle of the 517 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, where the median building has 21. Its 1920 construction date sits close to the 1910 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 75 open violations here, about 3.1 per apartment — above the 0.9 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 261 violations on record at the address, 91 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 32 of them are still open. HPD issued 21 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill |
| ZIP | 10031 |
| Year built | 1920 |
| Apartments | 24 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING B |
| BBL | 1020870025 |
Owner & management
| Owner | AEC 138 REALTY LLC 19 W 45 TH ST #301 · New York, NY 10036 |
| Managing agent | EAST COAST MANAGEMENT LLC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 75 open / 261 total · 21 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 1 open / 250 total |
| HPD registration last filed | July 28, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 603 W 138th St rent stabilized?
603 W 138th St in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan is registered as rent stabilized in the New York State DHCR 2024 rent-stabilized building files, where its stabilization code is MULTIPLE DWELLING B. 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 603 W 138th St?
603 W 138th St (BBL 1020870025) has about 24 residential apartments and was built in 1920, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.
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