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197 Hester Street, Manhattan

19 open Class C — see them ↓$39,687.00 recorded as due
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197 Hester Street at a glance

197 Hester Street, Manhattan has 103 open city records on file, 19 of them Class C (immediately hazardous), and $39,687.00 recorded as due on OATH/ECB summonses. The most recent record is dated Apr 3, 2026.

Open Class C
19
Immediately hazardous — click to see them
Open Class B
45
Hazardous — click to see them
Open Class A
39
Non-hazardous — click to see them
Fines due
$39,687.00
Balance on OATH/ECB summonses
Permits on file
5
Construction permits filed with DOB
Last activity
Apr 3, 2026
HPD record

Health score for 197 Hester Street

A composite of the public indicators below. How it is scored.

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Health score · Aug 5, 2026
Scored from all 239 public records for this building
Open Class C violations
Immediately hazardous, uncertified
This building 19
Open Class B violations
Hazardous
This building 45
Heat & hot water records
Violations and complaints, last 24 months
This building 3
Unpaid penalties
OATH/ECB summonses with balance due
This building $39,687
Bedbug filings with infestations
Annual LL69 filings on record
This building 0
Tenant litigation
Open HP actions in Housing Court
This building 0
Active vacate order
HPD or FDNY order to vacate, still in effect
This building No

Record timeline for 197 Hester Street

239 records on file, every agency interleaved. Class A, B and C are HPD’s hazard tiers: C is immediately hazardous, A and B explained here.

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OATH / ECB summonses & fines at 197 Hester Street

$39,687.00 is recorded as due across the 12 summonses below, out of $47,122.00 in penalties imposed. Balances are as the city publishes them; a settlement or write-off that never reached the dataset will not show here. New to these? How an OATH summons becomes a penalty, explained.

OATH and ECB summonses for 197 Hester Street
1770473Apr 3, 2026FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN A CODE-COMPLIANT MANNER. AT TIME OF INJun 11, 2026Defaulted (did not respond)$12,500.00
1770477Apr 3, 2026FAILURE TO PROVIDE UNOBSTRUCTED EXIT PASSAGEWAY AT TIME OF INSPECTION,Jun 11, 2026Defaulted (did not respond)$12,500.00
1769097Oct 27, 2025FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S ORDER TO FILE A CERTIFICATE Jan 8, 2026Defaulted (did not respond)$6,250.00
1769099Oct 27, 2025FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S ORDER TO FILE A CERTIFICATE Jan 8, 2026Defaulted (did not respond)$6,250.00
1679330Apr 30, 2025FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN A CODE COMPLIANT MANNER. AT TIME OF INAug 7, 2025Found in violation
1658561Apr 22, 2025AT TIME OF INSPECTION, THERE IS A FAILURE TO PROVIDE AN UNOBSTRUCTED EMar 12, 2026Found in violation
1475476Jun 11, 2024WEILMCLAIN 788 BOILER'S RELIEF VALVE INSUFFICIENT FOR BOILER. EXPOSED Jul 24, 2025Admitted the violation
1733581May 7, 2024FAILURE TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO HEATING SYSTEM AS PER HMC-27-2033. COMPLYJul 10, 2025Defaulted (did not respond)
1024810Aug 18, 2021AS PER HPD-27-2033. NO SIGN FOR AVAILABLE CONTACT PERSON WITH ACCESS TOct 7, 2021Admitted the violation
257660Apr 23, 2021BOILER ROOM NOTICE NOT POSTED IN LOBBY AND ENTRANCE DOOR TO BOILER ROOFeb 17, 2022Found in violation$625.00
952149Mar 19, 2021WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT NOTE AT THE TIME OF MY INSPECTION I OBSERVED AT Jun 2, 2022Found in violation$1,250.00
837765Apr 9, 2019FAILURE TO PROVIDE UNOBSTRUCTED EXIT PASSAGEWAY. NOTED: PREMISES 6 STYJun 6, 2019Found in violation$312.00