542 East 5th Street
Manhattan · East Village, NY 10009
542 East 5th Street is an 81-apartment building in East Village, built in 1970, managed by Taube Management Realty LLC. The City has 27 open housing-code violations on file for it, 3 of them immediately hazardous, about 0.33 per apartment, somewhat above 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 Taube Management Realty LLC
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- Units
- 81
- Year built
- 1970
- 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 0.3 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 3
- Hazardous
- 0
- Non-hazardous
- 24
What the open repairs are about
- Stairs, floors and ceilings12
- Smoke and CO alarms6
- Pests3
- Heat or hot water3
- Leaks, damp or mould3
- Other repairs1
Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Oct 2026
The company that manages it, elsewhere
Taube Management Realty LLC manages 5 other buildings we cover, holding 71 apartments.
- open violations
- 31open violations
- immediately hazardous
- 2immediately hazardous
- per apartment
- 0.4per apartment
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
Nobody has written about 542 East 5th Street yet.
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