437 East 12th Street
Class B
Class C
12 months to Oct 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
12 months through June 2026
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
Top insights
- 3 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- More HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (42 vs ~13)
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1910) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 13 of 38 units
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.
437 East 12th Street
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- City records show 9 open HPD violations, 3 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 2018 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 13 rent-stabilized units here. Ask whether this specific unit is one of them, and ask the landlord for its legal regulated rent and lease history.
- City Buildings Department records show an open life-safety condition (e.g. unsafe building / hazardous facade) — what is it, and has it actually been resolved, not just re-filed?
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Install the missing or repair/replace the defective window guard(s) in accordance….
- 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.
437 East 12th Street sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10009. The closest subway is 1 Av (L) (2-minute walk), served by the L line.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: July 2018 · Most recent: September 2026. HPD marks a violation open until it is certified as corrected, so an old date can mean an unresolved condition or a repair that was never certified.
- 2026-08-17
- 2026-08-17
- 2026-08-17
- 2026-08-17
- 2025-08-13
- Class C · 3 open · penalty 45 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 3 open · penalty 15 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 3 open · penalty 3 · (1/ea)
- 2026-09-10 · Apt 37 · NON EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2026-07-02 · Apt BLDG · IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY · ELECTRIC
- 2026-06-06 · Apt BUILDI · EMERGENCY · DOOR/WINDOW
- 2024-05-01 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
- 2023-06-20 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2018 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2022-05-06 "CYCLE 9B UNSAFE REPORT FILED"
3 lead-paint hazards cited and later remediated (most recent 2026); 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: 298
- GRAND LARCENY: 94
- HARRASSMENT 2: 82
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 74
- OTHER OFFENSES RELATED TO THEFT: 60
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 272
- Noise - Residential: 268
- Illegal Parking: 166
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 128
- Noise - Commercial: 118
- 515 E 12TH ST
- 170 AVENUE A
- 513 EAST 13 STREET
- Ross Global Academy Charter School
- P.S. 019 Asher Levy
- The East Village Community School
- Ross Global Academy Charter School
- East Side Community School
- Technology, Arts, and Sciences Studio
- Ross Global Academy Charter School
- East Side Community School
- P.S. M226
- 1 Av
- 3 Av
- Astor Pl
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Tompkins Square Library
- Stephen Petronio Dance Company, Inc.
- Lower East Side Playground
- George Jackson Academy
- Gotham Dance, Inc.
- El Sol Brilliante Jr
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
- Astound Broadband Cable Up to 1,500 Mbps down · 50 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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