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197 Hester St, Manhattan

BBL 1-00236-0033

En español: 19 violaciones de Clase C abiertas (peligro inmediato) y 71 abiertas en total.

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 19 open Class C, with 0 certifications filed and 5 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction.

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19 open Class C.

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HPD takes complaints from tenants through 311.

OATH hearings
A hearing on a DOB summons is set for October 29, 2026.
Housing court
1 open housing court case, opened August 11, 2026.
DOB complaints
4 DOB complaints in the last 12 months. The newest was filed August 6, 2026.
Rent stabilization
Has rent-stabilized apartments (2024 registration).

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 Fire Safety
Fire SafetyNotice sent19161094
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant19161088
Fire SafetyNotice sent19158134
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant19158130
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant18978431
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent18340019
Fire SafetyNotice sent18095971BEN SHU MANAGEMENT CORP
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent17628724
Fire SafetyNotice sent17424570
Fire SafetyNotice sent17257777
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent17257776
Fire SafetyNotice sent17061148
Notice sent17061147
Fire SafetyNotice sent16917403
Fire SafetyNotice sent16917401
Fire SafetyNotice sent16784613
Fire SafetyNotice sent16784612
Fire SafetyNotice sent16366594
Fire SafetyNotice sent16366593
Class B45 open most often Fire Safety
Notice sent19161098
Notice sent19161096
Notice sent19161095
Notice sent19161093
Fire SafetyNotice sent19161092
Fire SafetyNotice sent19161091
Notice sent19161090
Notice sent19161089
Notice sent19161087
Notice sent19161086
Notice sent19158138
Notice sent19158137
Notice sent19158136
Notice sent19158135
Notice sent19158133
Notice sent19158132
Notice sent19158131
Notice sent19158128
Notice sent19158127
Notice sent19158125
Notice sent19158124
Notice sent18978433
Notice sent18978432
Notice sent18978429
Notice sent18978428
Notice sent18095970BEN SHU MANAGEMENT CORP
Notice sent18095969BEN SHU MANAGEMENT CORP
Notice sent18095968BEN SHU MANAGEMENT CORP
Notice sent18095966BEN SHU MANAGEMENT CORP
Notice sent17634173
Notice sent17628728
Notice sent17628727
Notice sent17628726
Notice sent17628723
Notice sent17628722
Notice sent17628721
Notice sent17628720
Notice sent17567589
Notice sent17257779
Notice sent17257778
Fire SafetyNotice sent17061150
Fire SafetyNotice sent17061149
Notice sent16314053
Notice sent16314051
Notice sent16314050
OATH/ECB7 open most often Construction
Construction, Class 2Hearing pending39201341M
Construction, Class 1Decided by default39183251M
Construction, Class 1Decided by default39183250K
Construction, Class 2Decided by default39164865N
Construction, Class 2Decided by default39164864L
Boilers, Class 2Admitted39116475L
Construction, Class 3Decided by default39113621R

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Questions about this building

Does 197 Hester Street, Manhattan have open violations?

Yes. 197 Hester Street, Manhattan had 71 open violations on September 26, 2026: 64 from HPD and 7 from OATH/ECB. 19 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous.

Is 197 Hester Street, Manhattan getting better or worse?

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 19 open Class C, with 0 certifications filed and 5 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction. That window ends September 26, 2026. It compares certifications filed with new Class C violations, and it describes what happened, not what anyone intends.

Does 197 Hester Street, Manhattan have an OATH hearing coming up?

Yes. A hearing on a DOB summons is set for October 29, 2026. DOB summonses are heard at OATH, the city's hearings office, and OATH can move a hearing to a later date. When nobody shows up, the summons is decided by default, the costliest way one ends.

Is 197 Hester Street, Manhattan in housing court?

Yes. 1 open housing court case, opened August 11, 2026. 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 197 Hester Street, Manhattan?

Yes. 4 DOB complaints in the last 12 months. The newest was filed August 6, 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.

Is 197 Hester 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 197 Hester Street, Manhattan built?

The city's record gives 1910 as the year 197 Hester Street, Manhattan was built, in the Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file. The same file classes it as a walk-up apartment building with 6 floors.

How many apartments does 197 Hester Street, Manhattan have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 40 residential units at 197 Hester 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 hearing dates, HPD's housing court cases, DOB complaints, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists and the city's PLUTO tax-lot file. This page is current through September 26, 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 hearing dates, HPD's housing court cases, DOB complaints, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists 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, 197 Hester St, Manhattan: 19 open Class C, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through September 26, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/197-hester-street-manhattan

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