Is 656 Saint Nicholas Ave rent stabilized?
656 Saint Nicholas Ave is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan (10030). It has about 30 apartments, built in 1920.
Also written as 656 Saint Nicholas Avenue — or 656 Saint Nicholas Ave, Manhattan, NY 10030.
How this building compares
With about 30 apartments it is larger than 65% of the 517 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill. Its 1920 construction date sits close to the 1910 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 36 open violations here, about 1.2 per apartment — above the 0.9 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 588 violations on record at the address, 199 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 9 of them are still open. HPD issued 23 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill |
| ZIP | 10030 |
| Year built | 1920 |
| Apartments | 30 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1020510031 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 656 Manhattan LLC 23 KIRBY LANE · Jericho, NY 11753 |
| Managing agent | Nadia Sikander |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 36 open / 588 total · 23 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 769 total |
| HPD registration last filed | October 14, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 656 Saint Nicholas Ave rent stabilized?
656 Saint Nicholas Ave 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 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 656 Saint Nicholas Ave?
656 Saint Nicholas Ave (BBL 1020510031) has about 30 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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