18 Murray Street, Manhattan, NY 10007

18 Murray Street is a 6-story, 5-unit residential building constructed in 1920, currently owned by Jiankang Tan. The building has faced several significant maintenance challenges over recent years, particularly regarding construction safety and pest management. Most notably, there are active violations related to an expired sidewalk shed and supported scaffold permit from 2024, with associated penalties totaling $2,560.

The building has experienced recurring rodent issues, with the most recent inspections in 2025 showing active bait application, and previous inspections in 2024 and 2023 indicating rat activity. While the building has maintained a clean bedbug record in recent annual reports (2022-2024), housing maintenance violations related to failure to file annual bedbug reports were noted in 2021 and 2022. The Department of Buildings (DOB) records reveal a concerning history of structural and safety compliance issues, particularly highlighted during 2019 when the building was deemed non-compliant due to concerns about an adjacent property's partial collapse and excavation work.

Multiple sidewalk shed-related violations have been documented, including unsafe conditions and expired permits, though many of these have been resolved. Regular permits for work on the building have been issued between 2019 and 2022, suggesting ongoing maintenance activities, though the presence of multiple safety violations indicates potential challenges with construction management and contractor compliance. Recent 311 service requests have centered around rodent issues, with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene involved in investigations in both 2020 and 2023.