Some concerns
Worth seeing, with questions
100
out of 100
Heavier than 34% of buildings in Chinatown-Two Bridges
8 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby. On the other hand, 3 apartments here are rent stabilized.
21 ESSEX STREET · 16 apartments · built 1900 · records to 2026-09-13
In its favor
- 3 apartments here are rent stabilized
- F train about 2 minutes away
Against it
- 8 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby
- Fixes only 0% of violations by the city’s deadline
Open and hazardous
8 violations the city still lists as unresolved
8 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 11 years.
- Structural3
- Fire & life safety3
- Electrical2
A typical building of 6 to 19 apartments has 2. This one has more than 70% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 2008-06-12 and remains open on HPD’s records.