266 Water Street
Manhattan · Financial District-Battery Park City, NY 10038
Also listed by the City as 264 Water Street
266 Water Street is a 26-apartment building in Financial District-Battery Park City, built in 1886, managed by Maxwell-kates INC. The City has 26 open housing-code violations on file for it, about 1.0 per apartment, in a neighborhood where most buildings have none on record (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). Tenants filed 5 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 99 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 Maxwell-kates INC.
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- Units
- 26
- Year built
- 1886
- Neighborhood
- Financial District-Battery Park City
- 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.
5tenant complaints
Filed with 311 in the past year · 2 the year before
Typically closed in 99 days · neighborhood median is 4
26open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 1.0 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 0
- Hazardous
- 23
- Non-hazardous
- 3
What the open repairs are about
- Leaks, damp or mould10
- Stairs, floors and ceilings6
- Smoke and CO alarms4
- Doors, windows and locks4
- Paint and plaster1
- Heat or hot water1
Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Oct 2026
The company that manages it, elsewhere
Maxwell-kates INC manages 151 other buildings we cover, holding 10,665 apartments.
- open violations
- 1,794open violations
- immediately hazardous
- 242immediately hazardous
- 311 complaints
- 159311 complaints
- per apartment
- 0.2per apartment
in the past year
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 28 September 2026.)
What tenants say
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