Rent-Stabilized Apartments in NYC: How to Find One

Rent-stabilized apartments are listed on the same sites as every other NYC rental, and few of the listings say so. Search building by building instead. Check addresses against the state’s registry, watch new listings in registered buildings, and ask for the lease rider and the legal regulated rent before you pay anything. RentReboot tracks 24,643 registered buildings across 226 neighborhoods and checks new listings from 900+ NYC rental sources against them. Updated November 2026.

RentReboot’s copy of New York’s rent-stabilization registry has 47,601 NYC building records; this directory covers the 24,643 of them matched to addresses in RentReboot’s listing data.

Buildings tracked

24,643

Neighborhoods

226

Active in last 24 months

9,333

Recently listed likely rent-stabilized apartments

The newest listings in buildings on the state’s rent-stabilization registry, plus listings whose own text says the apartment is rent-stabilized, across the five boroughs. The list refreshes in your browser each time you open this page.

34.0% of the 15,314 apartments newly listed in NYC in September 2026 were in buildings on the state’s rent-stabilization registry, but only 1.3% said in the listing that the apartment is rent-stabilized, according to the RentReboot NYC Rental Index (October 2026).

The index counts each newly listed apartment once, however many sites post it, and leaves out room shares, furnished rentals and classified-board listings. A registry match is a building-level signal, not proof that a given apartment is rent-stabilized.

Sources don’t always label room shares or short-term rentals, and an apartment may already be rented. Confirm the price, lease term and availability with the listing contact before you apply or pay a fee.

Browse recently listed apartments by neighborhood, or get new matches by email or text with rent-stabilized apartment alerts.

How to find a rent-stabilized apartment

1. Check the building against the registry

Owners register stabilized apartments with New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) every year, so the registry is where the search starts. HCR’s rent-regulated building search covers buildings that have registered at least once since 1984. The Rent Guidelines Board’s building lists by borough use 2024 registrations, as of November 2025. Both tell you which buildings have at least one stabilized apartment, never which apartments.

To check a single address, use RentReboot’s free NYC rent-stabilized buildings map. To browse, use the building list by neighborhood further down this page.

2. Watch new listings in those buildings

Then match each new listing’s address against the registry. By hand, that means checking several sites every day. RentReboot’s rent-stabilized alerts do it across 900+ NYC rental sources and label each match likely or verified rent-stabilized. On supported listing sites, the free Stabilization Checker extension shows the same building-level signal.

When a match appears, reply the same day and have your documents ready to send: photo ID, recent pay stubs, an employment letter, bank statements and your latest tax return.

3. Read the listing for clues

Some listings do give it away. These phrases are worth a question:

None of these proves the apartment is stabilized, and neither does a prewar building, a low rent or a broker who calls the building “mostly stabilized.” A building on the registry can also hold market-rate apartments.

4. Include newer buildings

Buildings from 1974 or later can be stabilized through tax programs such as 421-a and J-51, and their apartments stay stabilized while the benefit lasts. They look like any other new rental, so they are easy to overlook. See how 421-a buildings work.

5. Get the paperwork before you pay

Ask the landlord or broker these questions in writing:

  1. Is this apartment rent-stabilized for the new lease?
  2. Will the lease include the HCR rent-stabilization rider?
  3. What are the legal regulated rent and any preferential rent?
  4. If the building is newer, which tax program applies, and when does it end?
  5. Can I read the full lease and every rider before I pay?

A rider is strong evidence that the owner treats the apartment as stabilized. If there is none, ask why before you pay. What to look for in a rent-stabilized lease covers the rest of the paperwork.

Before you sign, a landlord can charge no more than $20 for a credit and background check, and a security deposit can’t exceed one month’s rent. Under the FARE Act, in effect since June 11, 2025, a broker who works for the landlord can’t charge you a fee.

6. Confirm the apartment after you move in

Once you are the tenant, request the apartment’s rent history or an “Am I Rent Stabilized” answer through Ask HCR. HCR mails the response to the apartment in about 20 business days. Compare it with your lease, and if they conflict, contact HCR’s Office of Rent Administration or a tenant attorney.

How to check if an apartment is rent-stabilized walks through each step. Apartments can also leave stabilization; see how an apartment becomes destabilized.

Rent-stabilized apartments by borough

Each borough guide shows where stabilized buildings and listings cluster, by neighborhood and ZIP code, with local search steps. Each card shows the borough’s share of new listings in registry buildings in September 2026.

Staten Island had 166 new listings in September 2026, 13.3% of them in registry buildings. Its buildings are in the list below.

How rent stabilization works

Rent stabilization generally covers NYC buildings with six or more units built before 1974, plus newer buildings that opted in through tax programs like 421-a and J-51. Stabilized tenants have the right to renew their lease, and annual rent increases are capped by the Rent Guidelines Board rather than set by the landlord. Buildings register their stabilized units with New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR), which is the registry this list is built from. More on what that means once you move in: tenant rights in rent-stabilized apartments.

Rent control is an older, separate system. In NYC it generally covers apartments in buildings from before February 1947 whose tenant has lived there continuously since before July 1, 1971. A vacant rent-controlled apartment generally does not stay rent-controlled for a new renter. See rent-stabilized vs. rent-controlled apartments and how to get a rent-controlled apartment in NYC.

NYC rent-stabilized building list by neighborhood

Building pages are live for 5 neighborhoods so far: Bay Ridge, Hell's Kitchen, Park Slope, Prospect Heights and West Village. Other neighborhoods are listed with their building counts and will link here as their pages launch.

Every NYC neighborhood in the directory, with its number of registered buildings:

Manhattan

Brooklyn

Queens

Bronx

Staten Island

Rent-stabilized apartment questions

What is a rent-stabilized apartment in NYC?

An apartment whose yearly rent increases are capped by the Rent Guidelines Board and whose tenant has the right to renew the lease for one or two years. Stabilization generally covers NYC buildings with six or more units built before 1974, and newer buildings that received tax benefits such as 421-a or J-51.

How many rent-stabilized buildings are there in NYC?

RentReboot’s copy of New York’s rent-stabilization registry has 47,601 NYC building records. Its directory covers the 24,643 registered buildings matched to addresses in RentReboot’s listing data, across 226 neighborhoods; 9,333 of them had a rental listing in the last 24 months (as of November 2026).

Is there a list of rent-stabilized apartments in NYC?

There is no public list of individual stabilized apartments. HCR’s building search and the Rent Guidelines Board’s borough lists name buildings with at least one stabilized unit. This page’s directory covers 24,643 of those buildings by neighborhood, and its live list shows the newest listings in them.

Is there a website that lists rent-stabilized apartments for rent?

The state registry and the Rent Guidelines Board’s lists name buildings only. Open stabilized apartments are advertised on the same marketplaces, brokerage sites and building websites as other rentals. RentReboot checks new listings from 900+ NYC rental sources against the registry. The live list on this page shows the newest ones, and RentReboot’s rent-stabilized alerts send new matches by email or text.

How can I find rent-stabilized apartments for rent right now?

Watch new listings in registered buildings. In September 2026, 34.0% of the apartments newly listed in NYC were in buildings on the state’s rent-stabilization registry, but only 1.3% said in the listing that the apartment is rent-stabilized (RentReboot NYC Rental Index, rentreboot.com/nyc-rental-index). The live list on this page shows the newest ones, and RentReboot’s rent-stabilized alerts send new matches by email or text.

How do I check if a building is rent stabilized?

Look the address up in a DHCR building list, like this directory or the interactive map. Registration means the building contains stabilized units, but individual units vary, so check the specific apartment as well.

Does a listing in a rent-stabilized building mean the apartment is stabilized?

No. Registration means the building contains stabilized units; a specific apartment can be exempt or deregulated. Before you sign, ask for the lease rider and the legal regulated rent in writing, and once you live there, request the apartment’s rent history through Ask HCR.

Where does this building list come from?

From New York State Homes and Community Renewal’s rent-stabilization registry, the building registrations owners file each year, matched to addresses in RentReboot’s listing data. A building can be missing if its owner did not register it.

Get alerted when a stabilized unit opens up

Rent-stabilized listings move fast. RentReboot alerts notify you when a new listing appears in a rent-stabilized building matching your search.

Sources, checked October 27, 2026: HCR’s Fact Sheet #1, building search and Ask HCR form; the Rent Guidelines Board’s building lists; the New York Attorney General’s Residential Tenants’ Rights Guide; and the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection’s FARE Act page.