605 Water Street

A 21-story building with 124 apartments, built in 1964, in Manhattan, NY 10002.

Addresses on the lot: 605 to 613 Water Street.

HPD records as of October 26, 2026

34open HPD violations8 immediately hazardous

11complaints to HPD, past year3 about heat or hot water

Nonerent-stabilized apartments registered2018 to 2023

July 2026latest housing court case7 cases on record, all years

605 Water Street has 34 open HPD violations, 8 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 11 complaints to HPD in the past year, 3 about heat or hot water. It is registered to GOUVERNEUR GARDENS HOUSING CORP.

Does 605 Water Street have open violations?

Yes: 34 open violations as of October 26, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

Class	Deadline	Open
C, immediately hazardous	24 hours for most	8
B, hazardous	30 days	19
A, non-hazardous	About 90 days	7

It has an open class C violation, as 56% of NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments do. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 3 have been closed.

Every violation on HPD Online ↗ · How to read HPD violations

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 11 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 26, 2026, 3 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.

Every complaint on HPD Online ↗ · Noise complaints go to 311, not HPD

Who owns 605 Water Street?

605 Water Street is registered with HPD to GOUVERNEUR GARDENS HOUSING 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.

1 other building is registered to the same company name, with 0 open violations between them.

The registration on HPD Online ↗ · The owner’s other buildings, on Who Owns What ↗ · Deeds and mortgages (ACRIS) ↗ · How to find who owns a building

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in July 2026. HPD’s record has 7 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

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

For comparison, 10% of residential buildings in 10002 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 605 Water Street rent stabilized?

No rent-stabilized apartments were registered here from 2018 to 2023. That doesn’t prove there are none: some owners don’t register them.

How to check if an apartment is rent stabilized

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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 1-00244-0019.