Is 621 W 188th St rent stabilized?
621 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 621 West 188th Street — or 621 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 6 open violations here, about one for every 8 apartments — below the 0.6 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 299 violations on record at the address, 74 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 1 of them is still open. HPD issued 3 new violations at the address 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 | 1021680031 |
Owner & management
| Owner | VIOLET TOWERS INC 621 WEST 188TH STREET #FRONT · New York, NY 10040 |
| Managing agent | VIOLET TOWERS INC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 6 open / 299 total · 3 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 588 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 25, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 621 W 188th St rent stabilized?
621 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 621 W 188th St?
621 W 188th St (BBL 1021680031) 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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