85 John Street
Top insights
- Fewer HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (0 vs ~4)
- Built before 1939 (1926) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 14 of 160 units
Class B
Class C
12 months to Aug 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
12 months through June 2026
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.
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- City records show no open HPD violations here — ask what was most recently repaired and how maintenance requests are handled, since a clean record isn’t a guarantee of upkeep.
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 14 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.
85 John Street sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10038. Subway data is currently unavailable for this address.
Building Condition
- 2026-08-14
- 2021-12-01 "FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3"
- 2018-07-31 "FAILED TO FILE FISP CYCLE 8B TECHNICAL REPORT BY 02/21/2018"
- 2018-04-04 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
No HPD lead-paint violations are on record for this building. That means no complaint or inspection was filed — not that the building is lead-free.
Built 1926. 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. 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: 283
- GRAND LARCENY: 119
- HARRASSMENT 2: 103
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 65
- OTHER OFFENSES RELATED TO THEFT: 51
- Vendor Enforcement: 241
- Illegal Parking: 170
- Noise - Commercial: 89
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 77
- Noise: 67
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- Spruce Street School
- New York City Charter School of the Arts
- Lower Manhattan Community Middle School
- High School of Economics and Finance
- Leadership and Public Service High School
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- Millennium High School
- New York Lesbian And Gay Experimental Film Festival
- Alliance For Downtown New York, Inc
- Storyville Center For The Spoken Word
- New York Chinese Opera Society, Inc.
- Learning Leaders, 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
- 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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