Is 85 1st Ave rent stabilized?
85 1st Ave is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in East Village, Manhattan (10003). It has about 20 apartments, built in 1900.
Also written as 85 1st Avenue — or 85 1st Ave, Manhattan, NY 10003.
How this building compares
With about 20 apartments it sits near the middle of the 973 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in East Village, where the median building has 18. HPD lists 214 open violations here, about 10.7 per apartment — above the one for every 3 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 249 violations on record at the address, 31 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 21 of them are still open. HPD issued 13 new violations at the address in the last twelve months. Tenants have filed 175 HPD complaints at the address, 25 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | East Village |
| ZIP | 10003 |
| Year built | 1900 |
| Apartments | 20 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1004477501 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 83-85 FIRST AVENUE OWNERS CORP. 231 WEST 29TH STREET #901 · New York, NY 10001 |
| Managing agent | Sandberg Management |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 214 open / 249 total · 13 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 175 total |
| HPD registration last filed | October 27, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 85 1st Ave rent stabilized?
85 1st Ave in East Village, 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 85 1st Ave?
85 1st Ave (BBL 1004477501) has about 20 residential apartments and was built in 1900, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.