27 1/2 Essex Street
Manhattan · Chinatown-Two Bridges, NY 10002
Also listed by the City as 27 Essex Street
27 1/2 Essex Street is an 8-apartment building in Chinatown-Two Bridges, built in 1910, managed by Yang Zi Jiang LLC. The City has 13 open housing-code violations on file for it, one 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 2 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 78 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 Yang Zi Jiang LLC.
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- Units
- 8
- Year built
- 1910
- Neighborhood
- Chinatown-Two Bridges
- 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 78 days · neighborhood median is 3
13open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 1.6 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 1
- Hazardous
- 7
- Non-hazardous
- 5
What the open repairs are about
- Smoke and CO alarms4
- Stairs, floors and ceilings2
- Other repairs2
- Doors, windows and locks2
- Electrical1
- Rubbish and cleanliness1
Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Oct 2026
What tenants say
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