East Village, Manhattan: building violations, landlords and rent stabilization

East Village, Manhattan, has 1,800 graded residential buildings with 3 or more units, as of Oct 26, 2026. By grade: 699 A, 266 B, 322 C, 326 D and 187 F. The median building has 2.2 open HPD violations per 10 units, against 2 across Manhattan. 8,231 of its 40,193 residential units (20%) are rent-stabilized on the latest Department of Finance tax bills on file. The most common housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months were heat and hot water (3,644), unsanitary condition (1,211), and plumbing (686).

East Village by the numbers

1,929 residential buildings (40,193 units) on record. 20,281 open HPD violations (4,025 class C, immediately hazardous). 6,982 housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months, 171 executed evictions in 3 years, 294 reported bedbug infestations in 3 years. 854 buildings have rent-stabilized units on their tax bills.

Worst five in East Village

Most open HPD violations per 10 units. Graded rental buildings with 6 or more units; co-ops, condos and NYCHA are left out. Only buildings with an HPD violation issued in the last 24 months or a 311 housing complaint in the last 12 are listed.

  1. 182 1st Avenue: 116.7 open violations per 10 units (70 open, 6 units), grade F
  2. 219 Avenue A: 115.5 open violations per 10 units (127 open, 11 units), grade F, owner: 219 AVE. A NYC LLC
  3. 504 East 11th Street: 98.8 open violations per 10 units (316 open, 32 units), grade F
  4. 432 East 9th Street: 98.3 open violations per 10 units (59 open, 6 units), grade D, owner: D&G 432, LLC
  5. 62 East 7th Street: 98.2 open violations per 10 units (108 open, 11 units), grade D, owner: 62 East 7th St., LLC

Best five in East Village

Fewest open HPD violations per 10 units, then highest score and most units. The same rule as the worst five, recently active buildings only. Best buildings citywide.

  1. 717 East 9th Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 57 units), grade A, owner: DONA PETRA SANTIAGO APTS HDFC (City program owner (HDFC))
  2. 306 East 3rd Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 53 units), grade A, owner: POSITIVELY THIRD STREET HDFC (City program owner (HDFC))
  3. 254 East 2nd Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 47 units), grade A, owner: 252 EAST 2ND LLC
  4. 225 East 10th Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 39 units), grade A, owner: FAMECO LLC
  5. 135 Avenue A: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 31 units), grade A, owner: WEST LAKE 135-139 AVENUE A LLC

Largest landlords in East Village

By units in East Village, among portfolios of 3 or more buildings and 50 or more units citywide. Names are as filed on HPD registrations. How totals are counted. Report an error.

  1. CHRISTINE HADLOW (head officer on HPD registrations): 1,236 units in 3 buildings
  2. HERMINIO TORRES (head officer on HPD registrations): 1,090 units in 7 buildings
  3. STEVEN CROMAN (head officer on HPD registrations): 552 units in 38 buildings
  4. IRIS STEWART (head officer on HPD registrations): 456 units in 5 buildings
  5. JONATHAN WERTENTEIL (head officer on HPD registrations): 439 units in 21 buildings

Nearby neighborhoods

Sources: NYC HPD housing maintenance code violations, HPD property registrations and housing litigation, 311 service requests, DOB violations, NYC Marshals evictions, and HPD bedbug filings from NYC Open Data, plus rent-stabilized unit counts from NYC Department of Finance tax bills. How grades work.