252 Broome Street
Manhattan · Lower East Side, NY 10002
252 Broome Street is a 16-apartment building in Lower East Side, built in 1890, managed by Sma Equities. The City has 26 open housing-code violations on file for it, 15 of them immediately hazardous, about 1.6 per apartment, roughly three times the neighborhood norm for a building this size (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). Tenants filed 16 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 3 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 Sma Equities
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- Units
- 16
- Year built
- 1890
- 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 3 days from complaint to close, faster than the 4-day neighborhood median.
16tenant complaints
Filed with 311 in the past year · 17 the year before
26open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 1.6 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 15
- Hazardous
- 8
- Non-hazardous
- 3
What the open repairs are about
- Doors, windows and locks13
- Heat or hot water4
- Rubbish and cleanliness3
- Stairs, floors and ceilings3
- Leaks, damp or mould2
- Other repairs1
Housing Court
The City took this building's owner to Housing Court 1 time since October 2023.
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 Cases are settled, withdrawn and dismissed, and most end without a judgment either way.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 252 Broome Street yet.
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