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14 West 4th Street

A 12-story building with 274 apartments, built in 1908, in Manhattan, NY 10012.

Addresses on the lot: 248 to 256 Mercer Street.

HPD records as of October 26, 2026

10open HPD violations7 hazardous
1complaint to HPD, past year1 about heat or hot water
2rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years1 older

14 West 4th Street has 10 open HPD violations. Tenants made 1 complaint to HPD in the past year, 1 about heat or hot water. It is registered to MERCER SQUARE OWNERS CORP. 2 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 14 West 4th Street have open violations?

Yes: 10 open violations as of October 26, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most0
B, hazardous30 days7
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days3

No class C violation is open. 56% of NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments have one. More on buildings by size

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 1 complaint to HPD in the 12 months to October 26, 2026, 1 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments, 72% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 57% had one about heat or hot water.

Who owns 14 West 4th Street?

14 West 4th Street is registered with HPD to MERCER SQUARE OWNERS CORP. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

The name is a co-op’s: residents own shares in the building, and an apartment for rent here is usually a sublet from a shareholder, which the board has to approve.

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 1 older case, the latest from 2012.

City marshals carried out no evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 6% of residential buildings in 10012 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 14 West 4th Street rent stabilized?

2 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, down from 3 in 2018. That’s 2 of the building’s 274 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

Scores out of ten, from today’s records

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of October 26, 2026; evictions and rent-stabilized counts as of May 30, 2026; size and age from the city’s PLUTO. All from NYC Open Data. Public records, not legal advice. Tax lot 1-00535-7501.