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. Its 1900 construction date sits close to the 1900 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 214 open violations here, about 10.7 per apartment — above the one for every 4 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. 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 |