Rent-stabilized buildings in Manhattan, by neighborhood
12,315 buildings in Manhattan have rent-stabilized units on their latest tax bill, about 244,138 units in all, across 27 neighborhoods. Washington Heights has the most: 37,441 units in 1,166 buildings.
Counts are buildings with rent-stabilized units on their latest NYC Department of Finance tax bill, not apartment listings. Only your lease and the state's records confirm a single apartment: how to check. Records as of Oct 26, 2026.
| Neighborhood | Buildings with stabilized units | Stabilized units | Residential buildings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Heights | 1,166 | 37,441 | 1,711 |
| Central Harlem | 1,098 | 24,979 | 3,663 |
| Upper West Side | 1,768 | 22,315 | 3,996 |
| East Harlem | 821 | 19,512 | 2,169 |
| Chelsea | 474 | 15,607 | 1,381 |
| Hell's Kitchen | 520 | 14,294 | 1,074 |
| Stuyvesant Town | 2 | 11,248 | 2 |
| Hamilton Heights | 474 | 10,745 | 1,441 |
| Inwood | 284 | 10,735 | 368 |
| East Village | 906 | 8,751 | 1,929 |
| Upper East Side | 587 | 8,162 | 1,152 |
| Yorkville | 757 | 6,838 | 1,387 |
| Flatiron | 118 | 4,990 | 504 |
| Murray Hill | 315 | 4,901 | 896 |
| Financial District | 55 | 4,841 | 265 |
| Chinatown | 316 | 4,695 | 699 |
| Lower East Side | 288 | 3,714 | 669 |
| Morningside Heights | 141 | 3,697 | 327 |
| Midtown | 115 | 3,528 | 312 |
| West Village | 458 | 3,464 | 1,771 |
| SoHo | 349 | 3,371 | 1,136 |
| West Harlem | 158 | 3,333 | 273 |
| Turtle Bay | 242 | 3,211 | 766 |
| Carnegie Hill | 396 | 2,826 | 2,250 |
| Gramercy | 230 | 2,826 | 617 |
| Greenwich Village | 233 | 2,557 | 855 |
| Tribeca | 44 | 1,557 | 623 |
Other boroughs: Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, Staten Island. Check one building.
Sources: NYC HPD housing maintenance code violations, HPD property registrations and housing litigation, 311 service requests, DOB violations, NYC Marshals evictions, and HPD bedbug filings from NYC Open Data, plus rent-stabilized unit counts from NYC Department of Finance tax bills. How grades work.