Is 609 W 188th St rent stabilized?
609 W 188th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan (10040). It has about 47 apartments, built in 1924.
Also written as 609 West 188th Street — or 609 W 188th St, Manhattan, NY 10040.
How this building compares
With about 47 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 1924 construction date sits close to the 1922 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 2 open violations here, about one for every 24 apartments — below the 0.6 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 74 violations on record at the address, 21 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 2 of them are still open. Tenants have filed 85 HPD complaints at the address, 1 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Washington Heights (North) |
| ZIP | 10040 |
| Year built | 1924 |
| Apartments | 47 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1021680056 |
Owner & management
| Owner | MERRIMAC ESTATES INC 4422 BROADWAY #330 · NEW YORK CITY, NY 10040 |
| Managing agent | NATHAN FISHMAN |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 2 open / 74 total |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 85 total |
| HPD registration last filed | June 26, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 609 W 188th St rent stabilized?
609 W 188th St in Washington Heights (North), 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 609 W 188th St?
609 W 188th St (BBL 1021680056) has about 47 residential apartments and was built in 1924, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.
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