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137 Duane Street

Manhattan · Tribeca-Civic Center, NY 10013

137 Duane Street is a 19-apartment building in Tribeca-Civic Center, built in 1864, managed by Cornerstone MGMT Systems INC. The City has 50 open housing-code violations on file for it, 29 of them immediately hazardous, about 2.6 per apartment, in a neighborhood where most buildings have none on record (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). Tenants filed 8 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 2 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 Cornerstone MGMT Systems INC

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Units
19
Year built
1864
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.

Problems here get fixed quickly, a median of 2 days from complaint to close, faster than the 4-day neighborhood median.

8tenant complaints

Filed with 311 in the past year

50open repairs

Outstanding with HPD · about 2.6 per apartment

10 newly opened since our last check

Immediately hazardous
29
Hazardous
11
Non-hazardous
10

What the open repairs are about

  • Heat or hot water11
  • Electrical9
  • Smoke and CO alarms8
  • Stairs, floors and ceilings5
  • Doors, windows and locks4
  • Leaks, damp or mould4

Housing Court

Tenants took this building's owner to Housing Court 1 time since October 2023.

A case is a filing, not a finding. Cases are settled, withdrawn and dismissed, and most end without a judgment either way.

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

The company that manages it, elsewhere

Cornerstone MGMT Systems INC manages 97 other buildings we cover, holding 1,200 apartments.

open violations
177open violations
immediately hazardous
28immediately hazardous
311 complaints
27311 complaints

in the past year

per apartment
0.1per 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 28 September 2026.)

What tenants say

Nobody has written about 137 Duane Street yet.

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