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131 Rivington Street

Manhattan · Lower East Side, NY 10002

131 Rivington Street is a 30-apartment building in Lower East Side, built in 1920, managed by William Gottlieb Management CO, LLC. The City has 36 open housing-code violations on file for it, 22 of them immediately hazardous, about 1.2 per apartment, roughly three times the neighborhood norm for a building this size (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). Tenants filed 2 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 72 days (311, as of 5 October 2026). No tenant has reviewed it here yet. Everything above comes from the City's own records.

Managed by William Gottlieb Management CO, LLC

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Units
30
Year built
1920
Neighborhood
Lower East Side
Borough
Manhattan

This building’s record with the City

Complaints tenants filed with 311, and repairs a City inspector has asked for. Most repairs are routine maintenance. Both describe the building rather than the people in it, and often predate the current management.

1.6/5Among the worst on record nearbyScored from the records below against every building we cover. It is not a tenant rating. Nobody who lived here said this.

2tenant complaints

Filed with 311 in the past year

Typically closed in 72 days · neighborhood median is 4

36open repairs

Outstanding with HPD · about 1.2 per apartment

Immediately hazardous
22
Hazardous
14
Non-hazardous
0

What the open repairs are about

  • Stairs, floors and ceilings15
  • Doors, windows and locks13
  • Pests3
  • Leaks, damp or mould3
  • Electrical1
  • Other repairs1

Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Oct 2026

The company that manages it, elsewhere

William Gottlieb Management CO, LLC manages 47 other buildings we cover, holding 472 apartments.

open violations
330open violations
immediately hazardous
39immediately hazardous
311 complaints
23311 complaints

in the past year

per apartment
0.7per apartment

The company’s record across its other buildings, not this building’s. A company can run one well and another badly, and these figures often predate the current management. (HPD and 311, as of 5 October 2026.)

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