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299 Broome Street

Manhattan · Lower East Side, NY 10002

299 Broome Street is a 26-apartment building in Lower East Side, built in 1900, managed by Zi Chang Realty CORP. The City has 50 open housing-code violations on file for it, 32 of them immediately hazardous, about 1.9 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 4 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 Zi Chang Realty CORP

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Units
26
Year built
1900
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.

1.5/5Among the worst on record nearbyScored from the records below against every building we cover. It is not a tenant rating. Nobody who lived here said this.

Problems here get fixed quickly, a median of 4 days from complaint to close.

Complaints are down from 26 to 16 year on year.

16tenant complaints

Filed with 311 in the past year · 26 the year before

50open repairs

Outstanding with HPD · about 1.9 per apartment

Immediately hazardous
32
Hazardous
14
Non-hazardous
4

What the open repairs are about

  • Doors, windows and locks19
  • Heat or hot water11
  • Pests8
  • Stairs, floors and ceilings4
  • Leaks, damp or mould4
  • Other repairs4

Housing Court

Tenants took this building's owner to Housing Court 2 times since October 2023. The City brought 1 case of its own.

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 Cases are settled, withdrawn and dismissed, and most end without a judgment either way.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 299 Broome Street yet.

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