543 East 5th Street
Class B
Class C
12 months to Nov 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
- 1 open hazardous (Class C) violation
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1900) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 3 of 22 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.
543 East 5th Street
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- City records show 4 open HPD violations, 1 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 1986 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 3 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.
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Remove the illegal fastening key operated lock at door leading to fire escape window.
- 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.
543 East 5th Street sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10009. The closest subway is 2 Av (F) (8-minute walk), served by the F line.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: August 1986 · Most recent: August 2011. 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.
- 2011-08-09
- 1997-05-19
- 1997-05-14
- 1986-08-13
- Class C · 1 open · penalty 15 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 2 open · penalty 10 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 1 open · penalty 1 · (1/ea)
- 2026-09-21 · Apt 2 · EMERGENCY · PLUMBING
- 2026-09-21 · Apt 2 · EMERGENCY · WATER LEAK
- 2026-06-27 · Apt 2 · EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2020-01-09 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
- 2014-05-15 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2012 INSPECTION REPORT"
- 2014-01-15 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- PETIT LARCENY: 176
- GRAND LARCENY: 92
- HARRASSMENT 2: 82
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 72
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 38
- Noise - Residential: 247
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 162
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 76
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 65
- Noise - Commercial: 57
- 2 Av
- 1 Av
- Delancey St-Essex St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
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- Grade A
- Ps, The Short Film Exhibition Inc.
- The Creative Little Garden
- Tompkins Square Library
- 5th St Slope Garden
- Gustave Hartman Square
- Lower East Side Community Music Workshop, Inc.
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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