Serious concerns
Go in with your eyes open
53
out of 100
Heavier than 95% of buildings in Chinatown-Two Bridges
82 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby. On the other hand, 16 apartments here are rent stabilized.
31 ESSEX STREET · 16 apartments · built 1910 · records to 2026-09-13
In its favor
- 16 apartments here are rent stabilized
- F train about 3 minutes away
Against it
- 82 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby
- Fixes only 0% of violations by the city’s deadline
Open and hazardous
82 violations the city still lists as unresolved
82 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 4.1 years.
- Fire & life safety26
- Pests14
- Structural12
- Other8
- Disrepair6
- Paint / plaster5
- Gas3
- Heat / hot water3
- Mold2
- Electrical2
- Water leak1
A typical building of 6 to 19 apartments has 2. This one has more than 98% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 2003-05-21 and remains open on HPD’s records.