Some concerns
Worth seeing, with questions
99
out of 100
Heavier than 55% of buildings in East Midtown-Turtle Bay
17 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby. On the other hand, 1 apartment here are rent stabilized.
239 EAST 53RD STREET · 24 apartments · built 1900 · records to 2026-09-19
In its favor
- 1 apartment here are rent stabilized
- 6/E/F/M train about 2 minutes away
Against it
- 17 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby
- Fixes only 0% of violations by the city’s deadline
Open and hazardous
17 violations the city still lists as unresolved
17 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 12 years.
- Fire & life safety8
- Paint / plaster4
- Pests2
- Heat / hot water1
- Structural1
- Other1
A typical building of 20 to 49 apartments has 7. This one has more than 65% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 2014-10-08 and remains open on HPD’s records.