621 Water Street
Manhattan · 10002 · BBL 1002440040
621 Water Street is a public facility or institution in Chinatown, Manhattan, ZIP 10002. City records date it to 1898 and count 124 residential units of 129 total. The city's property file lists the owner of record as Gouverneur Court Housing Development Fun D Corporat. Its most recent total assessed value is $6.1M.
What the eviction record shows
No executed eviction is on record at 621 Water Street in the citywide marshal file, which runs from April 2024.
Rent stabilization at this address
DHCR registration records list 124 rent-stabilized units at this building in 2023, the most recent year PulseCities holds. That is up from 123 units in 2018. Registration is building-level and does not settle the status of any single apartment; the rent history does. Checking your own apartment starts with the free rent history. How to check rent-stabilized status →
Open violations
HPD and DOB inspectors have written 118 violations against this building, of which 79 remain unresolved. The most serious open grade here is immediately hazardous, with 21 open violations.
Classes run A (non-hazardous) to C (immediately hazardous); DOB class I carries a vacate order. Source: NYC HPD violations, current through August 26, 2026.
Building permits
| Work | Filed | Type |
|---|---|---|
| SHDINSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN US | Mar 25, 2026 | AL |
DOB job filings on this lot, past 12 months. Source: NYC DOB job filings, current through August 26, 2026.
311 housing complaints
50 complaints in the past 12 months
NYC 311 housing and building complaints logged for this address. Source: NYC 311, current through August 26, 2026.
How 621 Water Street compares in 10002
PulseCities tracks 1,672 lots in 10002, of which 90 carry an executed eviction from the marshal record, which starts in April 2024, and 51 carry a deed from the shorter ACRIS window. 10002 scores 19.2 out of 100 for displacement pressure, 144 of 177 scored NYC ZIP codes. The full signal breakdown for Chinatown →
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Questions about 621 Water Street
Who owns 621 Water Street?
The most recent deed on file for 621 Water Street names Gouverneur Court Housing Development Fun D Corporat. Deeds record the party that took title, which is often a holding company rather than the operator managing the building.
Has 621 Water Street changed hands recently?
No deed for 621 Water Street appears in the ACRIS records PulseCities holds. That means no transfer has been published for this lot in the current window, not that the building has never been sold.
Have there been evictions at 621 Water Street?
No executed eviction at 621 Water Street appears in the NYC evictions dataset, which PulseCities holds from April 2024 forward. Executed evictions are the end of the process, so a building with none may still have active housing court cases.
Is 621 Water Street rent stabilized?
DHCR registrations list 124 stabilized units at this building in 2023. Registration is building-level, so it does not settle whether one apartment is stabilized. The free rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal does.
What is the displacement risk around 621 Water Street?
10002 (Chinatown) scores 19.2 out of 100 on the PulseCities displacement index. The score reads five ZIP-level signals: eviction rate, LLC acquisition rate, permit intensity, assessment spikes, and 311 complaint volume. It describes the area around the building, not the building itself.
Sourced from NYC public records: ACRIS deeds, DOB permits, the NYC evictions dataset, and 311. Records reflect what agencies have published and can lag events.