41 Essex Street
Manhattan · Chinatown-Two Bridges, NY 10002
41 Essex Street is a 16-apartment building in Chinatown-Two Bridges, built in 1910, managed by YGL Realty CORP. The City has 115 open housing-code violations on file for it, 25 of them immediately hazardous, about 7.2 per apartment, roughly three times the neighborhood norm for a building this size (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). Tenants filed 14 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 2 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 YGL Realty CORP.
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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.
Problems here get fixed quickly, a median of 2 days from complaint to close, faster than the 3-day neighborhood median.
14tenant complaints
Filed with 311 in the past year · 3 the year before
115open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 7.2 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 25
- Hazardous
- 64
- Non-hazardous
- 26
What the open repairs are about
- Stairs, floors and ceilings47
- Smoke and CO alarms17
- Doors, windows and locks16
- Other repairs12
- Heat or hot water6
- Electrical4
Housing Court
The City 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 Cases are settled, withdrawn and dismissed, and most end without a judgment either way.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 41 Essex Street yet.
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