71 Avenue C
Manhattan · East Village, NY 10009
Also listed by the City as 653 East 5th Street
71 Avenue C is an 8-apartment building in East Village, built in 1900, managed by La Fortaleza, HDFC. The City has 19 open housing-code violations on file for it, 4 of them immediately hazardous, about 2.4 per apartment, roughly three times the neighborhood norm for a building this size (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). No tenant has reviewed it here yet. Everything above comes from the City's own records.
Managed by La Fortaleza, HDFC
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- Units
- 8
- 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.
0tenant complaints
Filed with 311 in the past year
19open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 2.4 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 4
- Hazardous
- 2
- Non-hazardous
- 13
What the open repairs are about
- Stairs, floors and ceilings5
- Heat or hot water4
- Pests4
- Other repairs3
- Leaks, damp or mould2
- Smoke and CO alarms2
Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Oct 2026
What tenants say
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