Questions about this building
Does 188 Bleecker Street, Manhattan have open violations?
Yes. On October 10, 2026, counting every year, HPD had 9 violations still open at 188 Bleecker Street, Manhattan, the oldest filed on January 27, 2022. None was a Class B or C violation filed in the last 3 years, and no OATH/ECB summons issued in the last 3 years was still active.
Does 188 Bleecker Street, Manhattan have active DOB violations?
Yes. 1 active DOB violation, issued April 8, 1996. The Department of Buildings writes these separately from HPD's housing violations, for things like boilers, elevators, facades, construction and energy filings. Each one stays active until DOB resolves or dismisses it.
Has DOB received complaints about 188 Bleecker Street, Manhattan?
Yes. 1 DOB complaint in the 12 months to September 25, 2026. It was filed August 4, 2026. Anyone can complain to DOB about a building or the work going on in it, and DOB then inspects and decides whether there is a violation. A conversion complaint says an apartment may have been added or changed without approval. It is a complaint, not a finding.
Does 188 Bleecker Street, Manhattan have a certificate of occupancy?
Its latest certificate of occupancy is a final one, issued June 24, 2016. A certificate of occupancy says how a building may be used and occupied. A temporary one lets people move in while work finishes and has to be renewed until DOB issues the final one. DOB's records here start in July 2012, so an older certificate may not show.
When was the boiler at 188 Bleecker Street, Manhattan last inspected?
On August 22, 2025. DOB requires a boiler in a building with 6 or more apartments to be inspected once every calendar year, with the report filed within 14 days of the inspection. Low-pressure boilers in residential buildings with 5 or fewer apartments are exempt.
When did 188 Bleecker Street, Manhattan last file its bedbug report?
On December 18, 2025, for the year to October 31, 2025. HPD asks the owner of every building with 3 or more apartments for this report once a year, covering November 1 to October 31, including buildings that had no bedbugs.
Is 188 Bleecker Street, Manhattan rent stabilized?
The building has rent-stabilized apartments on its 2024 registration. That comes from the Rent Guidelines Board's list of buildings with at least one stabilized apartment registered that year. Buildings that registered late are left off, and a 421-a or J-51 building can leave stabilization when its tax benefit ends. A particular apartment's status is for NYS HCR to say.
When was 188 Bleecker Street, Manhattan built?
The city's record gives 1928 as the year 188 Bleecker Street, Manhattan was built, in the Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file. The same file classes it as a walk-up building with 6 floors.
How many apartments does 188 Bleecker Street, Manhattan have?
The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 15 residential units at 188 Bleecker Street, Manhattan. The count is for the whole tax lot.
Where do these numbers come from?
From New York City's own data: HPD housing violations and OATH/ECB hearing results, read whole rather than sampled. It also draws on OATH/ECB summonses from DOB and FDNY, DOB violations, DOB complaints, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, DOB certificates of occupancy, DOB boiler inspection reports, HPD's annual bedbug reports, the city's PLUTO tax-lot file and DOF's property sales records. This page is current through October 10, 2026. The city's data changes daily, so a violation certified after that can still show as open here; the city's own page for this building is linked above.
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ViolationScout, 188 Bleecker St, Manhattan: 15 units, 9 open HPD violations, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through October 10, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/188-bleecker-street-manhattan
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