538 West 47th Street
Manhattan · Hell's Kitchen, NY 10036
538 West 47th Street is a 20-apartment building in Hell's Kitchen, built in 1910, managed by Rowdy Management. The City has 20 open housing-code violations on file for it, 3 of them immediately hazardous, about 1.0 per apartment, roughly three times the neighborhood norm for a building this size (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). Tenants filed 7 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 61 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 Rowdy Management
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- Units
- 20
- Year built
- 1910
- Neighborhood
- Hell's Kitchen
- 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.
7tenant complaints
Filed with 311 in the past year · 4 the year before
Typically closed in 61 days · neighborhood median is 5
20open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 1.0 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 3
- Hazardous
- 12
- Non-hazardous
- 5
What the open repairs are about
- Stairs, floors and ceilings5
- Doors, windows and locks4
- Smoke and CO alarms3
- Heat or hot water2
- Leaks, damp or mould2
- Electrical1
Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Oct 2026
The company that manages it, elsewhere
Rowdy Management manages 15 other buildings we cover, holding 193 apartments.
- open violations
- 145open violations
- immediately hazardous
- 44immediately hazardous
- 311 complaints
- 67311 complaints
- per apartment
- 0.8per 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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