621 Water Street

A 5-story building with 124 apartments, built in 1898, in Manhattan, NY 10002.

Addresses on the lot: 615 to 621 Water Street.

HPD records as of October 26, 2026

155open HPD violations82 immediately hazardous

42complaints to HPD, past year14 about heat or hot water

124rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023

February 2024latest housing court case16 cases on record, all years

621 Water Street has 155 open HPD violations, 82 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 42 complaints to HPD in the past year, 14 about heat or hot water. It is registered to Gouverneur Court Housing Development Fund Corp. 124 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 621 Water Street have open violations?

Yes: 155 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	82
B, hazardous	30 days	53
A, non-hazardous	About 90 days	20

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, 10 have been closed.

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

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 42 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 26, 2026, 14 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 621 Water Street?

621 Water Street is registered with HPD to Gouverneur Court Housing Development Fund 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.

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 February 2024. HPD’s record has 16 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

City marshals carried out no 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 621 Water Street rent stabilized?

124 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, up from 123 in 2018. That’s 124 of the building’s 124 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

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 1-00244-0040.