Is 881 Saint Nicholas Ave rent stabilized?
881 Saint Nicholas Ave is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan (10032). It has about 19 apartments, built in 1922.
Also written as 881 Saint Nicholas Avenue โ or 881 Saint Nicholas Ave, Manhattan, NY 10032.
How this building compares
With about 19 apartments it sits near the middle of the 517 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, where the median building has 21. Its 1922 construction date sits close to the 1910 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 52 open violations here, about 2.7 per apartment โ above the 0.9 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 98 violations on record at the address, 50 are class C โ HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 26 of them are still open. Tenants have filed 414 HPD complaints at the address, 3 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill |
| ZIP | 10032 |
| Year built | 1922 |
| Apartments | 19 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes โ DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1020680062 |
Owner & management
| Owner | KAPPEL PROPERTIES II LLC 881 ST. NICHOLAS AVE. ยท New York, NY 10032 |
| Managing agent | KAPPEL PROPERTIES II LLC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 52 open / 98 total |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 414 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 28, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 881 Saint Nicholas Ave rent stabilized?
881 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 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 โ ask the landlord or DHCR for that apartment's rent history before relying on it.
How many apartments are at 881 Saint Nicholas Ave?
881 Saint Nicholas Ave (BBL 1020680062) has about 19 residential apartments and was built in 1922, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.
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