Serious concerns
Go in with your eyes open
48
out of 100
Heavier than 98% of buildings in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square
122 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby. On the other hand, 38 apartments here are rent stabilized.
197 HESTER STREET · 40 apartments · built 1910 · records to 2026-09-13
In its favor
- 38 apartments here are rent stabilized
- 6/J/N/Q/R/W/Z train about 3 minutes away
Against it
- 122 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby
- Fixes only 1% of violations by the city’s deadline
Open and hazardous
122 violations the city still lists as unresolved
98 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 4.0 years.
- Fire & life safety33
- Disrepair18
- Pests13
- Paint / plaster13
- Structural12
- Refuse / sanitation9
- Water leak8
- Heat / hot water7
- Other6
- Plumbing2
- Gas1
A typical building of 20 to 49 apartments has 7. This one has more than 97% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 2004-11-18 and remains open on HPD’s records.