Some concerns
Worth seeing, with questions
61
out of 100
Heavier than 90% of buildings in East Village
8 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby. On the other hand, fixes 25% of violations on time, better than most landlords nearby.
543 EAST FIFTH STREET · 22 apartments · built 1900 · records to 2026-09-13
In its favor
- Fixes 25% of violations on time, better than most landlords nearby
- 3 apartments here are rent stabilized
- F train about 9 minutes away
Against it
- 8 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby
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 2 months.
- Fire & life safety5
- Water leak1
- Paint / plaster1
- Structural1
A typical building of 20 to 49 apartments has 7. This one has more than 50% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 2008-06-04 and remains open on HPD’s records.