159 Avenue B
Manhattan · East Village, NY 10009
159 Avenue B is a 28-apartment building in East Village, built in 1908, managed by Huntington House HDFC. The City has 9 open housing-code violations on file for it, one of them immediately hazardous, about 0.32 per apartment, somewhat above 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 4 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 Huntington House HDFC
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- Units
- 28
- Year built
- 1908
- Neighborhood
- East Village
- 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.
Problems here get fixed quickly, a median of 4 days from complaint to close.
2tenant complaints
Filed with 311 in the past year · 1 the year before
9open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 0.3 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 1
- Hazardous
- 0
- Non-hazardous
- 8
What the open repairs are about
- Other repairs12
- Pests6
- Stairs, floors and ceilings2
- Heat or hot water1
Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Oct 2026
What tenants say
Nobody has written about 159 Avenue B yet.
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