Is 656 W 171st St rent stabilized?
656 W 171st St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan (10032). It has about 29 apartments, built in 1939.
Also written as 656 West 171st Street — or 656 W 171st St, Manhattan, NY 10032.
How this building compares
With about 29 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. It went up in 1939, 25 years after the 1914 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 13 open violations here, about one for every 2 apartments — below the 0.7 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 220 violations on record at the address, 117 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 3 of them are still open. HPD issued 23 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Washington Heights (South) |
| ZIP | 10032 |
| Year built | 1939 |
| Apartments | 29 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1021420038 |
Owner & management
| Owner | FORT WASHINGTON EQUITIES LTD 369 EAST 62ND STREET · NEW YORK, NY 10065 |
| Managing agent | FT. WASHINGTON EQUITIES LTD |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 13 open / 220 total · 23 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 3 open / 489 total |
| HPD registration last filed | July 11, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 656 W 171st St rent stabilized?
656 W 171st St in Washington Heights (South), 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 W 171st St?
656 W 171st St (BBL 1021420038) has about 29 residential apartments and was built in 1939, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.
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