Some concerns
Worth seeing, with questions
100
out of 100
Lightest record of any building in East Village
21 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby. On the other hand, the building’s age and size suggest rent stabilization.
157 EAST SECOND STREET · 40 apartments · built 1920 · records to 2026-09-19
In its favor
- The building’s age and size suggest rent stabilization
- F train about 5 minutes away
Against it
- 21 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby
- Fixes only 0% of violations by the city’s deadline
Open and hazardous
21 violations the city still lists as unresolved
21 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 18 years.
- Other10
- Heat / hot water4
- Plumbing4
- Paint / plaster3
A typical building of 20 to 49 apartments has 7. This one has more than 69% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 2001-05-21 and remains open on HPD’s records.