542 East 14th Street
Manhattan · East Village, NY 10009
Also listed by the City as 232 Avenue B
542 East 14th Street is a 25-apartment building in East Village, built in 1900, managed by 542 East 14th Street L.L.C. The City has 22 open housing-code violations on file for it, 6 of them immediately hazardous, about 0.88 per apartment, roughly three times the neighborhood norm for a building this size (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). Tenants filed 76 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 3 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 542 East 14th Street L.L.C.
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- Units
- 25
- 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.
Problems here get fixed quickly, a median of 3 days from complaint to close, faster than the 4-day neighborhood median.
76tenant complaints
Filed with 311 in the past year · 29 the year before
22open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 0.9 per apartment
4 newly opened since our last check
- Immediately hazardous
- 6
- Hazardous
- 10
- Non-hazardous
- 6
What the open repairs are about
- Stairs, floors and ceilings8
- Leaks, damp or mould3
- Other repairs3
- Heat or hot water3
- Doors, windows and locks2
Housing Court
The City took this building's owner to Housing Court 2 times 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 Cases are settled, withdrawn and dismissed, and most end without a judgment either way.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 542 East 14th Street yet.
Does the heat hold in January? How long does the super take? Does management answer the phone, and were you charged what you expected? No public record answers any of that. Only someone who lived here can.
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