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203 East 16th Street

A 6-story building with 32 apartments, built in 1888, in Manhattan, NY 10003.

Addresses on the lot: 203 to 207 East 16th Street.

HPD records as of November 2, 2026

30open HPD violations3 immediately hazardous
2complaints to HPD, past yearnone about heat
3rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years1 older

203 East 16th Street has 30 open HPD violations, 3 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 2 complaints to HPD in the past year. It is registered to BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE ABBEY CONDO. 3 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 203 East 16th Street have open violations?

Yes: 30 open violations as of November 2, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most3
B, hazardous30 days14
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days13

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 2 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to November 2, 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 203 East 16th Street?

203 East 16th Street is registered with HPD to BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE ABBEY CONDO. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

The name is a condominium’s: each apartment has its own owner, so an apartment for rent here is usually rented from that owner, under the condo’s rules.

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 1 older case, the latest from 2005.

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

For comparison, 7% of residential buildings in 10003 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 203 East 16th Street rent stabilized?

3 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. That’s 3 of the building’s 32 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 November 2, 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 1-00897-7501.