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ViolationScout19 open Class C, with 0 certifications filed and 1 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction.Your building
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5 West 16th St, Manhattan

BBL 1-00818-0037 Landmark: Individual Landmark

Built
1846
Floors
4
Residential units
12
Building type
Walk-up building
Zoning district
C6-2M
Lot area
3,066 sq ft
Floor area
8,469 sq ft

En español: 19 violaciones de Clase C abiertas (peligro inmediato) y 31 abiertas en total. La más antigua del HPD lleva 35 años abierta, desde el 31 de mayo de 1991.

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  1. 19

    Class C, immediately hazardous. Most often Heat / Hot Water.

    22 open counting every year, the oldest since

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  2. 11

    Class B, hazardous

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  3. 1

    OATH/ECB summons still active

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Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 19 open Class C, with 0 certifications filed and 1 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction.

Since October 12, 2023, certifications were filed on 6 Class C violations, all 6 by the original certify-by date. HPD now marks 2 of them Invalid Certification. How certification works

The original certify-by dates on the 30 open HPD violations have all passed. The latest was June 8, 2026. The report prints the date beside each one.

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19 open Class C. The oldest open HPD violation was filed May 31, 1991.

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Open Class C, week by week
19 on September 24, 2026 and 19 on October 8.
OATH/ECB summonses
7 DOB and FDNY summonses here since January 1, 2019, with $6,830 in penalties imposed. 1 of them is still active, the one listed under OATH/ECB.
  • May 11, 2026, DOB: Failure to maintain building in code-compliant manner. Decided by default, $2,530 penalty imposed.
  • May 26, 2022, FDNY: Inspection and testing. In violation.
  • August 6, 2021, FDNY: Inspection and testing. In violation, $1,500 penalty imposed.

The newest 3 of 7 summonses OATH lists here. The report lists all 7, with each outcome, the penalty imposed and any docketing date. What the report adds

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DOB violations
1 active DOB violation, issued May 21, 2010.
Housing court
7 housing court cases here since 2010.
DOB complaints
3 DOB complaints in the 12 months to September 25, 2026. The newest was filed May 9, 2026.
DOB permits
DOB NOW lists 2 work permits here, the newest issued June 8, 2022, for Plumbing work.
  • Plumbing, issued June 8, 2022, signed off.
  • Structural, issued March 3, 2022, expired March 3, 2023.
Boiler inspection
Inspected September 3, 2026. Boilers in buildings with 6 or more apartments are inspected every calendar year.
Bedbug report
Filed May 4, 2026, for the year to October 31, 2025. Buildings with 3 or more apartments file one with HPD every year.
Rent stabilization
Has rent-stabilized apartments (2024 registration).
HPD emergency repair order
1 completed HPD emergency repair order since October 12, 2023: a general construction order, opened May 6, 2024, awarded for $2,345.

Open violations by class. A party is named only where the building's HPD registration covers the date a violation was filed.

FiledCategoryStatusNumberRegistered party when filed
Class C19 open most often Heat / Hot Water
Notice sent187909535 W.16 STREET LLC
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent185737535 W.16 STREET LLC
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent185737525 W.16 STREET LLC
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent185737515 W.16 STREET LLC
Fire SafetyNotice sent185548675 W.16 STREET LLC
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant185548665 W.16 STREET LLC
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent185548655 W.16 STREET LLC
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent185548645 W.16 STREET LLC
Fire SafetyNotice sent185447385 W.16 STREET LLC
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent185447375 W.16 STREET LLC
The report lists all 19, each with the city's own words and the date on its notice. What the report adds
Class B11 open
Notice sent187909525 W.16 STREET LLC
Notice sent187909515 W.16 STREET LLC
Notice sent187909505 W.16 STREET LLC
Notice sent185812275 W.16 STREET LLC
Notice sent185635435 W.16 STREET LLC
Notice sent182045795 W.16 STREET LLC
Notice sent182045785 W.16 STREET LLC
Notice sent182045775 W.16 STREET LLC
Notice sent182045765 W.16 STREET LLC
Notice sent17709422
The report lists all 11, each with the city's own words and the date on its notice. What the report adds
OATH/ECB1 open
Construction, Class 1Decided by default39188037Y5 W.16 STREET LLC

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The most common category among the open records here is heat and hot water.

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Questions about this building

Does 5 West 16 Street, Manhattan have open violations?

Yes. 5 West 16 Street, Manhattan had 31 open violations on October 10, 2026: 1 from OATH/ECB and 30 from HPD. 19 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 35 years, since May 31, 1991.

Is 5 West 16 Street, Manhattan getting better or worse?

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 19 open Class C, with 0 certifications filed and 1 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction. That window ends October 10, 2026. It compares certifications filed with new Class C violations, and it describes what happened, not what anyone intends.

When were certifications filed on Class C violations at 5 West 16 Street, Manhattan?

Since October 12, 2023, certifications were filed on 6 Class C violations, all 6 by the original certify-by date. HPD now marks 2 of them Invalid Certification. A certification is the filing, dated when it was made, not HPD's acceptance of it. It is compared with the original certify-by date on the notice. A granted postponement moves that date and the city's data keeps only the first, so a certification counted after it may still have met a postponed date.

Does 5 West 16 Street, Manhattan have active DOB violations?

Yes. 1 active DOB violation, issued May 21, 2010. 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 5 West 16 Street, Manhattan been in housing court?

Yes. 7 housing court cases here since 2010. HPD takes buildings to housing court to get violations fixed and heat and hot water restored, and it joins tenants' own repair cases, called tenant actions. A case stays open until the court closes it.

Has DOB received complaints about 5 West 16 Street, Manhattan?

Yes. 3 DOB complaints in the 12 months to September 25, 2026. The newest was filed May 9, 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.

Are any HPD emergency repair orders at 5 West 16 Street, Manhattan marked completed?

Yes. 1 completed HPD emergency repair order since October 12, 2023: a general construction order, opened May 6, 2024, awarded for $2,345. HPD orders an emergency repair when a hazardous condition cited in a violation, or in another agency's emergency order, is not corrected, and does the work itself or through a contractor. The amounts are what the orders were awarded for, not a bill: this page does not show what was charged to the property or whether it was paid. Orders for lab tests, such as dust-wipe and asbestos samples, are not counted.

When was the boiler at 5 West 16 Street, Manhattan last inspected?

On September 3, 2026. 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 5 West 16 Street, Manhattan last file its bedbug report?

On May 4, 2026, 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 5 West 16 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 5 West 16 Street, Manhattan built?

The city's record gives 1846 as the year 5 West 16 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 4 floors.

How many apartments does 5 West 16 Street, Manhattan have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 12 residential units at 5 West 16 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, HPD's housing court cases, DOB complaints, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, DOB NOW work permits, HPD emergency repair orders, DOB boiler inspection reports, HPD's annual bedbug reports and the city's PLUTO tax-lot file. 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.

Sources. HPD housing violations and OATH/ECB hearing results, plus OATH/ECB summonses from DOB and FDNY, DOB violations, HPD's housing court cases, DOB complaints, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, DOB NOW work permits, HPD emergency repair orders, DOB boiler inspection reports, HPD's annual bedbug reports and the city's PLUTO tax-lot file. Counts cover HPD Class B and C violations from the last 3 years that HPD still shows open, and OATH/ECB summonses from the same 3 years that the city still shows active. The city's own pages can show more, never fewer.

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ViolationScout, 5 West 16th St, Manhattan: 12 units, 19 open Class C, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through October 10, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/5-west-16-street-manhattan

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