237 East 53rd Street
Manhattan · East Midtown-Turtle Bay, NY 10022
237 East 53rd Street is an 18-apartment building in East Midtown-Turtle Bay, built in 1904, managed by R&J Llc-237-239 E53rd St. The City has 6 open housing-code violations on file for it, 4 of them immediately hazardous, about 0.33 per apartment, roughly three times 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 7 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 R&J Llc-237-239 E53rd St
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- Units
- 18
- Year built
- 1904
- Neighborhood
- East Midtown-Turtle Bay
- 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.
2tenant complaints
Filed with 311 in the past year
Typically closed in 7 days · neighborhood median is 4
6open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 0.3 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 4
- Hazardous
- 2
- Non-hazardous
- 0
What the open repairs are about
- Heat or hot water3
- Pests2
- Other repairs1
Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Oct 2026
What tenants say
Nobody has written about 237 East 53rd Street yet.
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