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38 Mac Dougal Street

MANHATTAN, NY 10012 BBL 1005180001 13 units · 5 floors · 1888

This building has a severe track record, and our model predicts major ongoing maintenance failures.

HPD violations vs. neighborhood
Class B/C violations on record vs. a typical building in SoHo
At or below average
avg 4.6
1
Fewer violations More violations

This building has 1 recorded HPD violations, at or below the SoHo average of 4.6.

Rent & eviction protection

Is 38 Mac Dougal Street rent-stabilized?

Rent stabilization caps how much your rent can rise and protects your right to renew. Here's how this building scores on the four signals that usually point to it.

Built before 1974
Built 1888
6 or more units
13 units
Registered with RGB
Not found
421-A / J-51 abatement
None found
Potential rent stabilization. Building age and size suggest eligibility — confirm with the DHCR (Division of Housing and Community Renewal) or request a rent history.

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AI summary · updated June 2026

38 Mac Dougal Street is a 5-story, 12-unit Old Law Tenement building located in SoHo, constructed in 1888 and currently owned by Evan Hollander. The building has experienced various maintenance issues over the past several years, with the most significant problems occurring between late 2023 and early 2024 when multiple emergencies were reported, including heat and hot water problems, plumbing issues with radiators and toilets, and concerns about the fire escape. A notable pattern emerged in 2023-2024 with multiple Service Requests to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene regarding food establishment kitchen/food prep areas, though these were formally closed without violations.

The building has documented several outstanding violations related to safety and maintenance requirements from previous years. As of October 2023, there is an active violation regarding failure to certify correction of an immediately hazardous (Class 1) ECB violation. Past inspections in 2019 revealed multiple safety-related violations that were marked as open, including issues with access to the heating system, improper smoke detector requirements, gas leak procedure notices, and carbon monoxide detector requirements. The building has shown compliance with bedbug reporting requirements in recent years, with all reports indicating zero infested or re-infested units between 2019 and 2024. Rodent inspections have been generally favorable, with most recent inspections in 2024-2025 passing, though there were occasional reports of rat activity between 2022-2023. The property also experienced some unauthorized use issues, with multiple violations documented regarding illegal hotel rooms in residential buildings between 2020-2022, particularly concerning Apartment 5A on the 5th floor, which led to various safety-related violations including inadequate fire alarm systems, egress issues, and missing sprinkler systems - all of which were resolved through penalties totaling approximately $10,750.

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How we score buildings

How 38 Mac Dougal Street's risk score is calculated

We trained a model on 7 years of city inspection data — HPD violation filings, tenant complaints, and owner track records across their entire portfolio. It estimates the probability that HPD inspectors will find serious or dangerous violations at this address in the next 12 months. Lower % = safer.

What the score means for you

Neighborhood percentile
14th percentile

Out of 389 buildings in this neighborhood, 54 have a higher predicted risk.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted violation outcome
31.5%
No serious
violations
55.7%
Some violations
(1–9)
12.8%
Many violations
(10+)
Risk factors

What's driving this score

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311 housing calls (past 7 years)

311 calls from or about this address logged as housing-related over 7 years.

Tenant HPD complaints (past 7 years)

Formal complaints tenants filed with HPD about this address over the last 7 years.

Number of apartments

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What's in the 38 Mac Dougal Street report

Building characteristics
Total units13
Floors5
Year built1888
Gross area7,086 sq ft
Building class
Tax abatementNone
Issue trend & model projection

Violations & complaints per year — solid line is historical record, dashed line is AI projection.

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38 Mac Dougal Street's landlord & ownership

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Corporate Owner

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Name
The Peck Estates, LLC
Address
157 East 25Th Street
New York, NY 10010
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The story over time

38 Mac Dougal Street event timeline

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2025
Bedbug Filing Dec 03
Bedbug report filed
0 infested · 0 eradicated
ECB Violation Aug 08
ECB violation · $7,500

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