Serious concerns
Go in with your eyes open
58
out of 100
Heavier than 93% of buildings in Lower East Side
134 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby. On the other hand, 124 apartments here are rent stabilized.
621 WATER STREET · 124 apartments · built 1898 · records to 2026-09-18
In its favor
- 124 apartments here are rent stabilized
- F train about 10 minutes away
Against it
- 134 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby
- Fixes only 6% of violations by the city’s deadline
Open and hazardous
134 violations the city still lists as unresolved
129 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 2.4 years.
- Pests73
- Fire & life safety16
- Plumbing14
- Disrepair12
- Paint / plaster6
- Refuse / sanitation6
- Other3
- Gas1
- Heat / hot water1
- Electrical1
- Mold1
A typical building of 50 or more apartments has 7. This one has more than 95% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 2019-03-26 and remains open on HPD’s records.