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172 East 7th Street

Manhattan · East Village, NY 10009

172 East 7th Street is a 25-apartment building in East Village, built in 1929, managed by Helm Management INC. The City has 35 open housing-code violations on file for it, one of them immediately hazardous, about 1.4 per apartment, roughly three times the neighborhood norm for a building this size (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). Tenants filed 3 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 141 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 Helm Management INC

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Units
25
Year built
1929
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.

1.8/5Worse than most nearbyScored from the records below against every building we cover. It is not a tenant rating. Nobody who lived here said this.

3tenant complaints

Filed with 311 in the past year · 4 the year before

Typically closed in 141 days · neighborhood median is 4

35open repairs

Outstanding with HPD · about 1.4 per apartment

Immediately hazardous
1
Hazardous
29
Non-hazardous
5

What the open repairs are about

  • Stairs, floors and ceilings15
  • Doors, windows and locks8
  • Leaks, damp or mould5
  • Smoke and CO alarms2
  • Electrical2
  • Paint and plaster1

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

The company that manages it, elsewhere

Helm Management INC manages 10 other buildings we cover, holding 107 apartments.

open violations
54open violations
immediately hazardous
7immediately hazardous
311 complaints
27311 complaints

in the past year

per apartment
0.5per 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.)

What tenants say

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