31 Essex Street
Manhattan · Chinatown-Two Bridges, NY 10002
31 Essex Street is a 16-apartment building in Chinatown-Two Bridges, built in 1910, managed by Drummountain Group INC. The City has 96 open housing-code violations on file for it, 30 of them immediately hazardous, about 6.0 per apartment, roughly three times the neighborhood norm for a building this size (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). Tenants filed 5 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 164 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 Drummountain Group INC
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- Units
- 16
- 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.
Complaints are down from 12 to 5 year on year.
5tenant complaints
Filed with 311 in the past year · 12 the year before
Typically closed in 164 days · neighborhood median is 3
96open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 6.0 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 30
- Hazardous
- 52
- Non-hazardous
- 14
What the open repairs are about
- Doors, windows and locks26
- Smoke and CO alarms14
- Pests13
- Stairs, floors and ceilings9
- Other repairs9
- Electrical7
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 Cases are settled, withdrawn and dismissed, and most end without a judgment either way.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
Nobody has written about 31 Essex Street yet.
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