255 Lafayette Street
Manhattan · SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, NY 10012
255 Lafayette Street is a 93-apartment building in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, built in 1926, managed by Gilman Mangement CORP. The City has 60 open housing-code violations on file for it, 8 of them immediately hazardous, about 0.65 per apartment, in a neighborhood where most buildings have none on record (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). Tenants filed 4 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 13 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 Gilman Mangement CORP
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- Units
- 93
- Year built
- 1926
- Neighborhood
- SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square
- 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.
Complaints are down from 26 to 4 year on year.
4tenant complaints
Filed with 311 in the past year · 26 the year before
Typically closed in 13 days · neighborhood median is 3
60open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 0.6 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 8
- Hazardous
- 42
- Non-hazardous
- 10
What the open repairs are about
- Stairs, floors and ceilings34
- Doors, windows and locks21
- Smoke and CO alarms6
- Other repairs6
- Pests5
- Electrical3
Housing Court
Tenants 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 Cases are settled, withdrawn and dismissed, and most end without a judgment either way.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
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