Serious concerns
Go in with your eyes open
49
out of 100
Heavier than 97% of buildings in East Village
27 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby. On the other hand, fixes 12% of violations on time, better than most landlords nearby.
531 EAST FIFTH STREET · 8 apartments · built 1900 · records to 2026-09-19
In its favor
- Fixes 12% of violations on time, better than most landlords nearby
- 8 apartments here are rent stabilized
- F train about 9 minutes away
Against it
- 27 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby
Open and hazardous
27 violations the city still lists as unresolved
27 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 2.8 years.
- Heat / hot water7
- Fire & life safety6
- Lead paint6
- Paint / plaster2
- Other2
- Water leak1
- Pests1
- Disrepair1
- Structural1
A typical building of 6 to 19 apartments has 2. This one has more than 89% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 2005-11-18 and remains open on HPD’s records.