197 Hester Street
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- The most open HPD violations of any building in this ZIP (149 open)
- 32 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- More HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (19 vs ~1)
- Built before 1939 (1910) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 38 units registered
Class B
Class C
past 12 months
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
past 12 mo (150m)
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
A difference between the DHCR rent-stabilized count and the PLUTO total is common and does not, on its own, indicate a violation: units can leave rent stabilization legally, the two datasets count units differently, some units may be non-residential, and a registration can be filed incompletely. To check your own apartment, see how to request your rent history from DHCR.
197 Hester Street
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- City records show 149 open HPD violations, 32 immediately hazardous (Class C) at this building. Ask which are still unresolved in the unit and the landlord’s timeline to clear them.
- The oldest open violation on record dates to 2003 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- Public records list 38 rent-stabilized units in this building — is this specific unit stabilized, and can the landlord show its legal regulated rent and lease history?
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Abate the infestation consisting of mice in the entire apartment.
- Confirm in person that the immediately-hazardous (Class C) conditions — typically heat, hot water, leaks, mold or pests — are genuinely fixed, not just marked closed.
197 Hester Street sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10013. The closest subway is Canal St (6,J,Z,N,Q,R,W) (3-minute walk), served by the 1, 4, 5, 6, A, B, C, D, E, J, N, Q, R, W, and Z lines.
Building Condition
- 2026-06-16 "§27-2104(B) HMC POST A PROPER NOTICE REGARDING RENT STABILIZATION LAW, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN A CONS…"
- 2026-06-03 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDANT MATERIAL AT SKYLIGHT AT…"
- 2026-06-03 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT EAST WALL IN THE 1s…"
- 2026-06-03 "§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM N…"
- 2026-06-03 "§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CEILING LIGHT FIXTURE IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT EA…"
- 2026-06-03
- 2025-10-31
- 2019-10-17
- 2019-10-07
- 2019-04-08
- Class C · 32 open · penalty 480 · (15/ea)
- Class I · 1 open · penalty 15 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 65 open · penalty 325 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 51 open · penalty 51 · (1/ea)
- 2026-06-02 · Apt 18 · EMERGENCY · WATER LEAK
- 2026-06-02 · Apt 18 · EMERGENCY · ELECTRIC
- 2026-06-02 · Apt 18 · IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY · PAINT/PLASTER
- 2005-01-31
- 2003-03-19
- 1997-09-16
5 lead-paint hazards cited and later remediated (most recent 2015); no open hazards on record. Remediation addresses the cited conditions, not necessarily every painted surface.
Under NYC Local Law 1 (Admin Code §27-2056.5), lead paint is presumed present in common areas and in apartments where a child under 6 resides, in multiple dwellings built before 1960 (this building: built 1910). The presumption stands unless the owner obtained a lead-free or lead-safe exemption from HPD. Those exemption records aren’t published as open data, so we can’t confirm one either way.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- PETIT LARCENY: 171
- GRAND LARCENY: 127
- SEX CRIMES: 108
- HARRASSMENT 2: 99
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 90
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 223
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 158
- Noise - Commercial: 113
- Obstruction: 88
- Illegal Parking: 77
- MULBERRY STREET CIGAR CORP.
- WONDER WORKS CONSTRUCTION CORP.
- ALL HEALTH PHARMACY CORP.
- P.S. 130 Hernando De Soto
- P.S. 124 Yung Wing
- P.S. 001 Alfred E. Smith
- M.S. 131
- Great Oaks Charter School
- Innovate Manhattan Charter School
- M.S. 131
- Pace High School
- Emma Lazarus High School
- Canal St
- Grand St
- Bowery
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Petrosino Square
- Civil Municipal Court
- P.s. 124 Yung Wing
- Battery Dance Corporation
- Crim Courthouse/Detention Cplx
- Downtown Community Television Center
Internet providers serving this area
Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Verizon Fiber Up to 2,300 Mbps down · 2,300 Mbps up
- Spectrum Cable Fiber Up to 1,000 Mbps down · 1,000 Mbps up
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Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection (NY, rev. May 2026). Wired broadband only — cable + fiber. DSL, satellite, and fixed-wireless not included. Block-level data; actual availability may vary by building.
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