Serious concerns
Go in with your eyes open
40
out of 100
Heaviest record of any building in Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square
44 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby. On the other hand, 4 apartments here are rent stabilized.
5 WEST 16TH STREET · 12 apartments · built 1846 · records to 2026-09-13
In its favor
- 4 apartments here are rent stabilized
- 1/2/3/F/L/M train about 4 minutes away
Against it
- 44 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby
- Fixes only 0% of violations by the city’s deadline
Open and hazardous
44 violations the city still lists as unresolved
44 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 10 months.
- Heat / hot water16
- Disrepair7
- Fire & life safety7
- Plumbing6
- Gas2
- Pests2
- Other1
- Structural1
- Paint / plaster1
- Electrical1
A typical building of 6 to 19 apartments has 2. This one has more than 94% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 2015-06-10 and remains open on HPD’s records.