183 Hester Street, Manhattan, NY 10013

The five-story, 15-unit tenement building at 183 Hester Street in Little Italy, owned by Grace Baldassarra, has experienced several significant maintenance issues over the past few years. In January 2019, multiple emergency complaints were filed regarding heavy water leaks and plumbing issues with bathtubs/showers, leading to violations from the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD).

These water-related problems appeared to be centralized in apartment 4R, which also had additional documented issues in 2019 including defective plaster surfaces, faulty shower stall caulk, and problems with the kitchen wall and ceiling, though many of these violations are now listed as closed. The building experienced some access issues during inspections in early 2019 regarding electrical wiring and gas piping concerns. More recently, from 2021 to 2024, the building has maintained compliance with pest control regulations, as evidenced by regular bedbug reporting showing zero infested units, though there were multiple annual violations for failure to timely file bedbug reports in 2021 through 2024.

The property has passed multiple rodent inspections between 2018 and 2024, indicating mostly good conditions, with the exception of two failed inspections in 2018 requiring follow-up compliance checks. An Environmental Control Board violation from late 2018 related to work without a permit was resolved with no penalties imposed. The most recent documented violation was issued in April 2024 regarding the annual bedbug report filing requirement, though this appears to be more administrative than related to an actual infestation.