Rent-stabilized buildings in Harlem (South), Manhattan
Harlem (South), Manhattan has 527 buildings registered as rent stabilized with New York State DHCR, most of them built around 1910. Rent stabilization caps how much the rent can rise each year — the Rent Guidelines Board sets the limit — and gives the tenant the right to renew the lease. Registration is per building, so an individual apartment can still be deregulated — check the address below and ask the landlord for its rent history.
What the records say about Harlem (South), Manhattan
The 523 of them with a recorded apartment count hold about 11,138 apartments between them — a median of 12 per building, from the NYC PLUTO counts the city publishes as estimates. HPD holds a violation record for 524 of the 527 buildings tracked here, and lists no open violation at 81 of those. 379 of those records carry a violation still open at class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Counting the buildings with no open violation as zero, the median across the 523 with an apartment count is 0.8 per apartment.
Renting with a housing voucher?
Find A Crib rebuilds a list every night of the DHCR-registered rent-stabilized buildings that have an apartment listed for Section 8 and other housing vouchers, from the overnight AffordableHousing.com feed — see the current voucher listings.
1 rent-stabilized building in Harlem (South), Manhattan has 2 apartments listed to housing-voucher holders on AffordableHousing.com as of November 7, 2026. It is 218 W 116th St. See the full voucher list →
A building missing from that list has refused nobody — it simply has no listing on that site today. Refusing a tenant because they pay with a Section 8 voucher or any other subsidy is illegal in New York City.
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Frequently asked questions
How many rent-stabilized buildings are in Harlem (South), Manhattan?
There are 527 registered rent-stabilized buildings in Harlem (South), Manhattan, according to NY State DHCR registration data.
What year were most rent-stabilized buildings in Harlem (South) built?
Most rent-stabilized buildings in Harlem (South), Manhattan were built around 1910, based on NYC PLUTO records for the 527 DHCR-registered buildings tracked here.
How many rent-stabilized buildings in Harlem (South), Manhattan have open HPD violations?
HPD holds a violation record for 524 of the 527 DHCR-registered rent-stabilized buildings Find A Crib tracks in Harlem (South), Manhattan. 443 of those have at least one open violation on file; 81 have none. A building with no HPD violation record is not counted either way.