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79 Barrow Street

MANHATTAN, NY 10014 BBL 1005840018 18 units · 6 floors · 1906

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HPD violations vs. neighborhood
Class B/C violations on record vs. a typical building in West Village
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Rent & eviction protection

Is 79 Barrow 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 1906
6 or more units
18 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.

Based on public NYC records. Not legal advice — verify with the DHCR (Division of Housing and Community Renewal) at apps.hcr.ny.gov.

Augrented Insights
AI summary · updated June 2026

79 Barrow Street is a 6-story, 19-unit residential building constructed in 1906, currently owned by Joshua Gosfield. The property has experienced several notable maintenance and compliance issues in recent years. Most concerning is the building's failure to file mandatory external low pressure inspections for both 2018 and 2019, with these violations remaining active as of June 2023. The elevator system has also been a recurring concern, with an active violation issued in September 2019 for failing to correct defects identified in a 2017 inspection. While the building has maintained relatively low bedbug incidents, with only one documented case in 2021 (all subsequent reports show zero infestations), there remains a pattern of non-compliance with annual bedbug reporting requirements, as evidenced by violations in 2021, 2022, and 2023. The rodent inspection records show mixed results, with the most recent initial inspection in July 2024 passing, but previous inspections in 2023 (April and May) failed for "Other Reasons," and a 2017 inspection indicated rat activity. The building has undergone some permitted work in recent years, with several exterior and equipment-related permits issued in 2020, including job numbers 123754810, 140912378, and 140896154.

The property has demonstrated some improvement in recent years, with zero documented infestations in the past three bedbug reporting periods (2022-2025), and the most recent rodent inspection passing. However, the building's persistent issues with elevator maintenance compliance, external low pressure inspection filings, and mixed results in rodent inspections suggest ongoing maintenance challenges. The Department of Buildings records show multiple violations that, while some have been resolved, including two violations from 2019 and 2029 that were dismissed based on corrected defects, others remain open and active.

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How we score buildings

How 79 Barrow 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
63th percentile

Out of 944 buildings in this neighborhood, 595 have a higher predicted risk.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted violation outcome
78.0%
No serious
violations
18.4%
Some violations
(1–9)
3.6%
Many violations
(10+)
Risk factors

What's driving this score

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Number of apartments

The number of residential units affects how the model interprets complaint and violation totals — more units means more potential sources.

Building size

Total residential square footage — a proxy for building scale and the number of systems (plumbing, HVAC, etc.) that can fail.

Neighborhood (ZIP code)

The ZIP code captures local housing market conditions and enforcement patterns that affect all buildings in the area.

Building characteristics
Total units18
Floors6
Year built1906
Gross area13,484 sq ft
Building class
Tax abatementNone
Issue trend & model projection

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

Who's behind the building

79 Barrow Street's landlord & ownership

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Corporate Owner

Registered contact for this building.

Name
79 Barrow Street Owners Corp
Address
6 East 39Th Street 1204
New York, NY 10016
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