161 Attorney Street
Manhattan · Lower East Side, NY 10002
161 Attorney Street is an 18-apartment building in Lower East Side, built in 1910, managed by First Vulcan INC. The City has 3 open housing-code violations on file for it, about 0.17 per apartment, somewhat above the neighborhood norm for a building this size (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). Tenants filed 14 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 1 day (311, as of 5 October 2026). No tenant has reviewed it here yet. Everything above comes from the City's own records.
Managed by First Vulcan INC
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- Units
- 18
- Year built
- 1910
- 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.
Problems here get fixed quickly, a median of 1 day from complaint to close, faster than the 4-day neighborhood median.
14tenant complaints
Filed with 311 in the past year · 2 the year before
3open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 0.2 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 0
- Hazardous
- 3
- Non-hazardous
- 0
What the open repairs are about
- Leaks, damp or mould1
- Stairs, floors and ceilings1
- Smoke and CO alarms1
Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Oct 2026
The company that manages it, elsewhere
First Vulcan INC manages 3 other buildings we cover, holding 44 apartments.
- open violation
- 1open violation
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.)
What tenants say
Nobody has written about 161 Attorney Street yet.
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