Is 870 Saint Nicholas Ave rent stabilized?
870 Saint Nicholas Ave is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan (10032). It has about 48 apartments, built in 1926.
Also written as 870 Saint Nicholas Avenue — or 870 Saint Nicholas Ave, Manhattan, NY 10032.
How this building compares
With about 48 apartments it is larger than 84% of the 517 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill. It went up in 1926, 16 years after the 1910 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 100 open violations here, about 2.1 per apartment — above the 0.9 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 344 violations on record at the address, 79 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 27 of them are still open. HPD issued 21 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill |
| ZIP | 10032 |
| Year built | 1926 |
| Apartments | 48 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A, GARDEN COMPLEX |
| BBL | 1020690048 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 870 ST. NICHOLAS AVE, LLC 870 ST. NICHOLAS AVENUE #LL-4 · NEW, NY 10032 |
| Managing agent | LIBERTY REALTY & MANAGEMENT |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 100 open / 344 total · 21 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 529 total |
| HPD registration last filed | October 1, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 870 Saint Nicholas Ave rent stabilized?
870 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 codes are MULTIPLE DWELLING A and GARDEN COMPLEX. 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 870 Saint Nicholas Ave?
870 Saint Nicholas Ave (BBL 1020690048) has about 48 residential apartments and was built in 1926, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.
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