23 Pell Street, Manhattan, NY 10013

23 Pell Street is a 5-story Old Law Tenement building located in Chinatown, built in 1915 and currently owned by San;yan Wong, with 4 residential units. The building has consistently maintained its rodent inspection requirements, passing all initial inspections from 2022 through 2025, though there were some bait applications documented in May-June 2021.

The most pressing and ongoing concern for the property is the series of open violations related to bedbug report filings, with identical violations recorded annually from 2021 through 2024 under Housing Maintenance Code § HMC, indicating non-compliance with HPD bedbug reporting requirements. The building has a notable history of unauthorized commercial activity on its second floor, as evidenced by Environmental Control Board (ECB) violations from October 2020.

These violations involved occupancy as an adult physical culture establishment and massage parlor ("Health Trail Co") without proper BSA approval, resulting in one resolved violation with a penalty of $2,500 (subsequently settled) and another active violation concerning unauthorized construction of partition walls, installation of water and waste lines, and modification of spaces without permits, with an imposed penalty of $1,250. Two complaints regarding this unauthorized usage were documented and closed in 2020 and 2023, though the exact outcomes of the 2023 complaint remain indeterminate. The building's maintenance record shows regular attention to vermin control, particularly notable during 2021 when multiple bait applications were required, though the situation seems to have stabilized since then, with no further rodent-related issues reported through 2025 inspections.