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166 East 2nd Street

A 5-story building with 25 apartments, built in 1900, in Manhattan, NY 10009.

Addresses on the lot: 166 to 168 East 2nd Street.

HPD records as of October 26, 2026

7open HPD violations1 immediately hazardous
4complaints to HPD, past yearnone about heat
25rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 yearson HPD’s record

166 East 2nd Street has 7 open HPD violations, 1 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 4 complaints to HPD in the past year. It is registered to LESPMHA HDFC. 25 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 166 East 2nd Street have open violations?

Yes: 7 open violations as of October 26, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most1
B, hazardous30 days0
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days6

It has an open class C violation, as 66% of NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments do. More on buildings by size

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 4 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 26, 2026, none about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments, 69% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 53% had one about heat or hot water.

Who owns 166 East 2nd Street?

166 East 2nd Street is registered with HPD to LESPMHA HDFC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

18 other buildings are registered to the same company name, with 0 open violations between them.

Housing court and evictions

HPD’s record shows no housing court cases over conditions or harassment at this building.

City marshals carried out 2 evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 12% of residential buildings in 10009 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 166 East 2nd Street rent stabilized?

25 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. That’s 25 of the building’s 25 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

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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 1-00398-0055.