Rent-Stabilized Apartments in the Bronx: Where to Find Them

The Bronx has about as many stabilized apartments as Manhattan but a fraction of the listings. Where its stabilized buildings are and how to find a vacancy.

By Ilias Miraoui

Updated Oct 27, 20268 min read

The Bronx has about as many registered rent-stabilized apartments as Manhattan, 263,026 in 2025, but far fewer listings: about 190 of its 853 new listings in September 2026 were in registry buildings, against about 3,200 in Manhattan. Its registry buildings cluster around Fordham, Tremont and Morrisania. RentReboot is the best choice for catching the few that are listed: one saved search watches 900+ NYC rental sources and flags listings that match rent-stabilization records. Search building by building, and confirm any apartment with its lease rider and HCR rent history.

Published October 27, 2026. Listing figures come from the RentReboot NYC Rental Index, October 2026 edition: apartments first listed in the Bronx from September 1 to 30, 2026, each counted once however many sites posted it. Registry counts come from New York State's registration records.

The Bronx is where the gap between stabilized housing and stabilized listings is widest. It holds about 26% of the five boroughs' registered rent-stabilized apartments, slightly more than Manhattan, yet it produced 5.6% of the city's new listings in September and 3.7% of those in registry buildings. Manhattan, with a similar number of stabilized apartments, produced about 17 times as many listings in registry buildings. A listings-only search sees a small slice of the Bronx's stabilized housing.

Where the Bronx's stabilized buildings are

Grouped by the city health department's ZIP code neighborhoods, the 7,367 Bronx building records in RentReboot's copy of the state registry break down like this:

ZIP code neighborhood	ZIP codes	Registry building records	Share of the Bronx
Fordham–Bronx Park	10458, 10467, 10468	1,931	26.2%
Crotona–Tremont	10453, 10457, 10460	1,336	18.1%
High Bridge–Morrisania	10451, 10452, 10456	1,219	16.5%
Pelham–Throgs Neck	10461, 10462, 10464, 10465, 10472, 10473	974	13.2%
Hunts Point–Mott Haven	10454, 10455, 10459, 10474	966	13.1%
Northeast Bronx	10466, 10469, 10470, 10475	597	8.1%
Kingsbridge–Riverdale	10463, 10471	344	4.7%

The 10458 ZIP code alone has 761 records, the most in the borough, followed by 10467 (634), 10456 (566), 10468 (536) and 10457 (529). Three of every five Bronx registry buildings are in the Fordham–Bronx Park, Crotona–Tremont and High Bridge–Morrisania ZIP codes.

Bronx stabilized buildings also run large. The state counts about as many stabilized apartments in the Bronx as in Manhattan, spread across about half as many registry building records: 7,367 against 13,889. One building with a hundred apartments can matter more to your search than a block of small walk-ups.

What September's Bronx listings show

Of the 853 new Bronx listings, 22.3% were in registry buildings, and RentReboot's own rating, which also weighs building age and size, put 19.2% as likely stabilized. Only 0.8%, about 7 apartments, said the apartment itself was rent-stabilized.

Only two Bronx neighborhoods had the 50 new listings the index needs to publish figures, and they sit at opposite ends of the borough's housing:

Neighborhood	New listings	On the registry	Likely stabilized	1BR median	2BR median
Riverdale	67	54.5%	43.9%	–	–
Mott Haven	235	17.7%	6.1%	$3,100	$3,300

A dash means fewer than 50 new listings of that size. Riverdale includes Fieldston and Spuyten Duyvil, and Mott Haven includes North New York.

Riverdale listed few apartments, but more than half were in registry buildings, and none of its registry matches in September was a building finished in 1974 or later. By building count it is a small part of the picture: Kingsbridge–Riverdale holds 4.7% of the Bronx's registry building records.

Mott Haven produced the most new Bronx listings in September, 235, but RentReboot rated only 6.1% likely stabilized. Most of its registry matches were buildings finished in 1974 or later, and its median asks, $3,100 for a one-bedroom and $3,300 for a two-bedroom, ran above the Bronx's medians of $2,530 and $3,000.

The other 551 new Bronx listings were spread across neighborhoods that each fell short of 50, including the Fordham, Tremont and Highbridge areas where the registry's buildings are densest.

Why the listings are so thin

Two things keep the count low. Stabilized apartments rarely sit empty: the city's 2023 Housing and Vacancy Survey found 0.98% of rent-stabilized apartments vacant and available for rent. The index also leaves out classified-board posts, because they rarely carry an address that can be matched across sites.

What Bronx stabilized listings ask

Across all new Bronx listings in September, the median ask was $2,493 for a studio, $2,530 for a one-bedroom, $3,000 for a two-bedroom and $3,550 for a three-bedroom. Those medians include market-rate apartments.

RentReboot's August 15, 2026 analysis of active listings found the largest stabilized discount of the four large boroughs in the Bronx: a median ask of $2,600 for likely stabilized listings against $3,225 for the rest, $625 or about 19% less. The Bronx sample was also the smallest, 1.6% of the likely stabilized listings analyzed, and the comparison mixes apartment sizes and neighborhoods; the borough comparison explains its limits.

How to search the Bronx for a stabilized apartment

Start from buildings in the ZIP codes you want. Look up addresses on the stabilized-buildings map or in the building directory, and focus on the larger buildings, where more apartments turn over.
Contact the managing agent. Search the address in HPD Online, where registered buildings list their owner and managing agent (how to find an NYC building's owner). Ask the management office or the superintendent about upcoming vacancies, and keep a list.
Watch the whole borough. With so few listings per neighborhood, a borough-wide search catches more than one neighborhood alone. RentReboot's rent-stabilized apartment alerts check each new listing's address against the registry and flag likely and verified matches across 900+ NYC rental sources, and building alerts follow the addresses you pick.
Get the address for classified posts. A post without a street address cannot be checked against the registry. Ask for the address, then search it on the map yourself before you visit.
In newer buildings, ask what kind of apartment it is. In Mott Haven and other newer buildings, ask whether the apartment is rent-stabilized, income-restricted through a city lottery, or both. The rules differ; the Housing Connect guide covers lottery apartments.
In condo complexes, ask who owns the apartment. Parkchester is two condominiums, and in buildings like these an apartment's status depends on its owner. One rented out by an individual condo owner is usually not stabilized.

The citywide method is in how to find rent-stabilized apartments in NYC, and the search tips guide covers paperwork and speed. For apartments of any kind, see finding an apartment in the Bronx.

Checking a Bronx apartment before you sign

The registry tells you a building has stabilized apartments, not which ones. If an agent calls the building "mostly stabilized," ask about the specific apartment. Before you pay, ask for the complete lease with the Rent Stabilization Lease Rider and the legal regulated rent in writing. Once you are the tenant, request the apartment's rent history through Ask HCR, which mails its answer to the apartment.

The full workflow is in how to check if an apartment is rent-stabilized, and what to look for in a rent-stabilized lease lists the documents. For Mitchell-Lama and other waiting-list housing, which follows different rules, see NYC affordable housing waiting lists.

About these numbers

The Rental Index counts apartments first listed in September 2026 that no tracked source had shown in the previous 60 days: whole apartments from studios to four bedrooms, asking $1,000 to $25,000 a month, from rental marketplaces, brokerage websites and landlord and building websites. RentReboot also monitors classified boards, but their posts are left out of the index.

On the registry: the building appears in New York's rent-stabilization registry records. Those buildings can also hold market-rate apartments.
Said so in the listing: the listing text states that the apartment is rent-stabilized. RentReboot labels these matches "verified," but the claim still needs the lease and HCR records behind it.
Likely: RentReboot's own rating, which weighs the registry match with building age and size. It is a search signal, not legal status.

Counts such as "about 190" multiply a published share by the number of apartments it covers and are rounded; with 853 listings, the Bronx shares move by about a tenth of a point for each apartment. The 263,026 figure is New York State HCR's count of registered rent-stabilized apartments in Bronx County for the 2025 registration year; the five boroughs together had 1,023,964. Registry building records are from RentReboot's copy of the state registry (47,601 NYC records), checked October 27, 2026.

Also see the guides for Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens.

FAQ

How many rent-stabilized apartments are in the Bronx?

New York State HCR counted 263,026 registered rent-stabilized apartments in the Bronx for the 2025 registration year, about 26% of the five boroughs' 1,023,964 and slightly more than Manhattan's 262,558. The Bronx count rose from 241,878 in 2022, the fastest growth of any borough in HCR's table. RentReboot's copy of the state registry lists 7,367 Bronx building records.

Why are there so few rent-stabilized listings in the Bronx?

The Bronx produced 853 new listings in September 2026, 5.6% of the city's, and about 190 of them were in registry buildings. Stabilized apartments rarely sit empty (0.98% were vacant and available citywide in 2023), and the index leaves out classified-board posts. Searching building by building reaches apartments that never show up in a listing count.

Which Bronx neighborhoods have the most rent-stabilized buildings?

The Fordham–Bronx Park ZIP codes (10458, 10467, 10468) hold 1,931 of the Bronx's 7,367 registry building records, followed by Crotona–Tremont (1,336) and High Bridge–Morrisania (1,219). The single ZIP code with the most is 10458, with 761.

Are rent-stabilized apartments cheaper in the Bronx?

By median asking rent, yes, by the widest margin of the four large boroughs. In RentReboot's August 15, 2026 analysis, likely stabilized Bronx listings had a median ask of $2,600 against $3,225 for other listings, about 19% less. The Bronx sample was small and mixed apartment sizes, so compare similar apartments in the same neighborhood.

Are new buildings in the Bronx rent-stabilized?

Some are. In Mott Haven, most registry matches among September's new listings were buildings finished in 1974 or later, which usually reach the registry through tax-benefit or affordable-housing programs. Ask whether the specific apartment is stabilized, income-restricted or both, and get the lease rider in writing.