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 101 open violations here, about 2.1 per apartment — above the 0.9 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 343 violations on record at the address, 79 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 529 HPD complaints at the address, 18 of them 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 | 101 open / 343 total · 20 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 529 total |
| HPD registration last filed | October 1, 2025 |
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