216 East 5th Street
Manhattan · East Village, NY 10003
216 East 5th Street is a 12-apartment building in East Village, built in 1866, managed by Max Dresse LLC. The City has 20 open housing-code violations on file for it, 4 of them immediately hazardous, about 1.7 per apartment, roughly three times the neighborhood norm for a building this size (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). Tenants filed 48 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 23 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 Max Dresse LLC
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- Units
- 12
- Year built
- 1866
- 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.
48tenant complaints
Filed with 311 in the past year · 36 the year before
Typically closed in 23 days · neighborhood median is 4
20open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 1.7 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 4
- Hazardous
- 7
- Non-hazardous
- 9
What the open repairs are about
- Doors, windows and locks10
- Stairs, floors and ceilings7
- Heat or hot water3
- Leaks, damp or mould2
- Other repairs1
- Electrical1
Housing Court
Tenants took this building's owner to Housing Court 4 times since October 2023. The court entered judgment against the owner in 1 case.
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 Cases are settled, withdrawn and dismissed, and most end without a judgment either way.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
What tenants say
Nobody has written about 216 East 5th Street yet.
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