635 East 12th Street
Top insights
- 6 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- More HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (46 vs ~13)
- Built in 1979 (city records)
- Rent-stabilized: 93 units registered
About this building
The building’s floor space is 2 times the size of its lot: 127,950 sq ft of building on a 62,591 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 14, 2026.
Class B
Class C
12 months to Aug 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
635 East 12th Street
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- This is NYCHA public housing, so HPD’s violation database isn’t the maintenance record — ask the management office for this unit’s open work-order history and average repair time.
635 East 12 Street sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10009. The closest subway is 1 Av (L) (7-minute walk), served by the L line.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: January 2016 · Most recent: August 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.
- 2026-08-19 "§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LATCH SET AT HOPPER DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 10th STORY"
- 2026-08-19 "§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LATCH SET AT HOPPER DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 3rd STORY"
- 2026-05-25 "§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE BELL/BUZZER/INTERCOM SYSTEM FROM BUILDING ENTRANCE TO…"
- 2025-11-05 "§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE RETURN BELL BUZZER FROM ENTRANCE TO BUILDING TO NORTH…"
- 2022-09-14 "§ 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 9H, 9th STORY, 1st…"
- 2019-08-03
- 2019-05-29
- Class C · 6 open · penalty 90 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 3 open · penalty 15 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 1 open · penalty 1 · (1/ea)
- 2026-06-02 · Apt BLDG · NON EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2026-05-25 · Apt 8F · NON EMERGENCY · GENERAL
- 2026-05-25 · Apt 8F · NON EMERGENCY · PLUMBING
- 2026-04-16
- 2025-01-29
- 2023-05-11
- Aug 2, 2022 "FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4"
- Jun 1, 2022 "FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4"
- Dec 1, 2021 "FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3"
4 lead-paint hazards cited and later remediated (most recent 2019); no open hazards on record. Remediation addresses the cited conditions, not necessarily every painted surface.
Also on record: 1 procedural §27-2056 violation (failure to file required lead paperwork, most recent 2016) — a records failure, not evidence of a lead hazard.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- HARRASSMENT 2: 28
- PETIT LARCENY: 24
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 15
- GRAND LARCENY: 12
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 9
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 213
- Noise - Residential: 137
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 98
- Noise: 73
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 48
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- Ross Global Academy Charter School
- Technology, Arts, and Sciences Studio
- Ross Global Academy Charter School
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- 1 Av
- Grade A
- Grade A
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- Tompkins Square Library
- 5th St Slope Garden
- Lower East Side Community Music Workshop, Inc.
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- Direct Arts, 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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