42 Mulberry Street, Manhattan, NY 10013

42 Mulberry Street is a 15-unit, 5-story old law tenement building constructed in 1915, currently owned by 4244 Mulberry Partners LLC. The property has experienced several recurring maintenance issues over the past two years, with the most recent cluster of complaints in February 2025 including unsanitary conditions (pests), water supply issues, flooring concerns, and intercom problems - all of which received violations requiring owner correction. In early 2024, there were significant heat and hot water service issues affecting both the entire building and individual apartments, though some of these were resolved after HPD inspections.

The building has also faced safety-related concerns, particularly in Apartment 3A, including violations for missing carbon monoxide detectors, smoke detectors, and problems with self-closing doors identified in April 2023, which remain open as of the latest data. A comprehensive rodent inspection in February 2025 passed, maintaining a generally good track record in this area, although there were some failures in previous years. The property management has filed timely bedbug reports for 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 showing no infested units in either period.

Several building systems and maintenance issues have been documented through 311 calls and HPD inspections, including elevator problems, garbage storage concerns, and ventilation issues, with varying degrees of resolution. The building has passed multiple rodent inspections between 2021 and 2025, though there were some concerns about rat activity and general cleanliness in earlier years. Recent violations also include a failure to file a 2019 low-pressure inspection report, though this was later dismissed. While some improvements have been made, the persistent nature of heat/hot water and pest issues, along with open safety violations, suggests ongoing challenges with building maintenance and systems reliability.