38 Avenue C
Manhattan · East Village, NY 10009
38 Avenue C is a 16-apartment building in East Village, built in 1900, managed by Dsa Management CO. INC. The City has 27 open housing-code violations on file for it, about 1.7 per apartment, roughly three times the neighborhood norm for a building this size (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). One complaint was filed with 311 in the past year (311, as of 5 October 2026). No tenant has reviewed it here yet. Everything above comes from the City's own records.
Managed by Dsa Management CO. INC
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- Units
- 16
- Year built
- 1900
- Neighborhood
- East Village
- 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.
1tenant complaint
Filed with 311 in the past year · 1 the year before
27open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 1.7 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 0
- Hazardous
- 27
- Non-hazardous
- 0
What the open repairs are about
- Doors, windows and locks8
- Other repairs7
- Smoke and CO alarms4
- Stairs, floors and ceilings4
- Pests1
- Leaks, damp or mould1
Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Oct 2026
The company that manages it, elsewhere
Dsa Management CO. INC manages 22 other buildings we cover, holding 319 apartments.
- open violations
- 184open violations
- immediately hazardous
- 24immediately hazardous
- 311 complaints
- 29311 complaints
- per apartment
- 0.6per 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 5 October 2026.)
What tenants say
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