One open Class C front-door violation, surrounded by heavy commercial street noise and kitchen venting on the block.
The building's internal filing volume is low, but it sits directly above active commercial space in a dense Lower East Side corridor. One immediately hazardous open violation sits on the entrance door, while commercial noise and kitchen venting shape the block outside. Three things to know:
An open Class C violation leaves the front door unlatched. The building carries one open Class C violation from December 2023 for a broken or missing hinge and frame on the main entrance self-closing door. In a 12-unit walk-up with high street traffic right outside, a defective front door is a direct security gap.
Food establishment exhaust and air quality complaints concentrate right on the block. Neighbors within three blocks logged 50 food establishment complaints and 6 indoor air quality calls over the last year. Commercial kitchen exhaust and ground-floor venting bleed directly into living spaces in pre-war tenements, making floor location and riser alignment critical.
Commercial nightlife and street noise dominate the surrounding three blocks. Within three blocks of the building, 439 commercial noise complaints were filed in the last 12 months—mostly loud music, party noise, and pounding from nearby venues—along with 257 street and sidewalk noise reports.
Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:
84 Hester Street is a 12-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1003000018). This building is associated with New York Smsa Limited Partnership. Brix tracks 1 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1910, this walk-up apartment building sits in Manhattan and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.
Tenants have filed 24 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about unsanitary condition.
What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:
The most recent complaint on this building was filed December 15, 2025.
Conditions cited on open violations at this address:
The building last changed hands on January 11, 2017, according to recorded deeds.
Brix rating: Concerning (50/100). View the Building Report on Brix.
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