621 Water Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00244-0040BIN 1078940

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0182 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 124 apartments
0243 of those issued in the last 3 years
0316 open rent-impairing violation(s)
044 active DOB violation(s)

How this is set: open hazardous violations measured against the building's size, then raised by strong distress signals — HPD's enforcement program, court harassment findings, recent evictions, unpaid DOB fines, open housing-court cases, and a sold tax lien. Neighborhood noise and crime are not part of it. It describes the public record, not the condition of any one apartment, and a quiet record is not proof of a good building.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 124 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 124 apartments.

2018 — 123 units registered2023 — 124

J-51 tax benefit

Rent stabilization here may be tied to a tax benefit and can end when the benefit expires.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.

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Rent regulation

The building

1898

Built

Floors

124

Residential units

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade F — did not comply

Posted at the entrance of buildings over 25,000 sq ft (Local Law 33). It rates energy efficiency — a proxy for comfort and utility cost — not the landlord's upkeep.

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building14 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

155

Open now

499

On record

Open Class C

Open Class B

Open Class A

Class C is immediately hazardous, Class B is hazardous, Class A is non-hazardous. A violation stays open until HPD certifies the repair, so some open items may already be fixed.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 309Issued 2026-10-16

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 309, 3rd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 525Issued 2026-09-04

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE LOCATED AT B-ROOM 525, 5th STORY, 1st B-ROOM FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 525Issued 2026-09-04

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES LOCATED AT B-ROOM 525, 5th STORY, 1st B-ROOM FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 525Issued 2026-07-06

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 525, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

436

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water145

Unsanitary Condition96

Plumbing78

Appliance32

Door/Window23

Electric16

Paint/Plaster14

Flooring/Stairs13

Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

592

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential412

Street/Sidewalk99

Unspecified56

Vehicle17

Park3

Commercial3

Helicopter2

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about noise from inside buildings — neighbors, not the street. This counts how often people call 311, which tracks how densely populated and busy an area is as much as how loud it is — it is not a sound measurement.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

260

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony61

Misdemeanor108

Violation91

NYPD complaints reported within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year, by severity. This reflects what gets reported and where police are active as much as actual safety, and busier, denser, higher-foot-traffic blocks log more. Locations are approximate — the NYPD shifts each report to the nearest corner for privacy — so read this as rough context, not a safety score.

Neighborhood crime

Bedbug history

Infested, latest filing

Annual filings

2024–20251 infested · 1 eradicated

2023–20243 infested · 0 eradicated

2022–20232 infested · 2 eradicated

Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2026-01-30

EWO DUE LOCALIZED DISPLACEMENT & DAMAGED TERRA COTTA, DETERIORATED MASONRY,CRACKED BRICKWORK,MISSING MORTAR @ PARAPET LEVEL ALONG EXP2 GOVERNEUR SLIP EAST & EXP1 WATER STREET. REMEDY: OWNER IS TO IMMEDIATELY INSTALL SIDE WALK SHED @ EXPOSURES 1&2 UNDER LICENSED PROFESSIONAL PROVIDING OVERHEAD PROTECTION FOR PEDESTRIANS

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2026-01-30

FTM BLDG IN CODE COMPLIANT MANNER AS PER SECTION 28.301 OF NYC ADMIN CODE. AT TIME OF INSPECTION OBSERVED COUNTLESS THROUGHOUT ALL EXPOSURES STEP CRACKS, VERTICAL CRACKS, MISSING MORTAR JOINTS, SPALLING BRICK. DAMAGED & CRACKED STONE WORK ABOVE NUMEROUS WINDOWS EXPOSURE 2 FLOWER POTS ON WINDOW SILLS. REMEDY: REPAIR AND/OR REPLACE

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2025-08-22

FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN A CODE COMPLIANT MANNER. OBSERVED STEP CRACKS DAMAGED/MISSING MORTAR JOINTS IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS ON EXPOSURE 3 AND 4 WEST ELEVATION. REMEDY: REPAIR AND OR REPLACE

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

Cases on record

Open now

Tenant-brought

Harassment found

With a judgment

Most cases are tenants taking the owner to court to force repairs. A case is not proof of wrongdoing; a harassment finding or judgment is a court ruling against the owner.

CLOSEDOpened 2024-02-26

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2024-01-04

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2023-10-25

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2023-10-03

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

Gouverneur Court Housing Development Fund Corp

Head officer

Cal Hedigan

Managing agent

Community Access

14 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.

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Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "Lost by default" means the owner never appeared at the hearing. An unpaid balance is a stronger "ignoring the city" signal than a raw violation count.

ElevatorsClass 12019-06-17$312 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2012-06-14 · $81,805.48

Most recent mortgage2016-10-07 · $1,426,557

Mortgage2016-10-07$1,426,557

borrower GOUVERNEUR COURT HOUSING DEV. FUND CORPORATION · lender THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION

Mortgage2014-10-24$196,477.18

borrower GOUVERNEUR COURT HOUSING DEV. FUND CORPORATION · lender THE CITY OF NEW YORK

Sale2012-06-14$81,805.48

GOUVERNEUR COURT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP → GOUVERNEUR COURT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORAT

Mortgage1993-01-29$250,000

borrower COUVERNEUR COURT L.P. · lender COMMUNITY ACCESS, INC.

Mortgage1992-11-16$250,000

borrower GOUVERNEUR COURT LP · lender COMMUNITY ACCESS INC

From ACRIS recorded documents. Amounts are often $0 or nominal for transfers between related parties, and LLCs can obscure who is really involved — treat this as public-record context, not a valuation.

Ownership & money

City debt & tax-lien sale

Not on the city's tax-lien sale list (2019–2025). The owner has not fallen far enough behind on property tax or water charges to be flagged for a lien sale.

City debt & tax-lien sale