17 Eldridge Street, Manhattan, NY 10002

17 Eldridge Street is a 5-story, 18-unit residential tenement building located in Chinatown, dating back to 1900 and currently owned by Andrew Yeung. The property has experienced several recurring maintenance issues over the past two years, with the most significant concerns involving unsafe conditions. As of June 2025, there are ongoing concerns about construction lead dust affecting common areas and apartments.

The building has also had recent emergency safety complaints regarding a broken/missing window guard and a potentially compromised fire escape, both filed in June 2025 and currently open. There have been numerous complaints and violations related to sanitation, particularly regarding garbage/recycling storage, with multiple reports from 2024-2025, though most have been closed without violations being issued. The building experienced various infrastructure issues in 2024, including a lack of heat/hot water affecting the entire building and electrical problems, though these complaints were closed after inspections found no violations.

Historical records show previous safety concerns in 2024 regarding self-closing doors at the building entrance and vestibule, which were corrected. The building has maintained compliance with rodent inspections, consistently passing all inspections from 2020-2025, though there was one failure noted in 2020 for "Other Reasons." Bedbug reports from 2021-2025 consistently show zero infested units, and an external low pressure inspection violation from 2023 was dismissed in late 2024. The property has had regular inspection and compliance checks, including multiple garbage/recycling storage inspections in 2024 that did not result in violations. While the building has some ongoing maintenance issues that affect resident safety and comfort, particularly regarding sanitation and emergency systems, it has generally complied with housing maintenance code requirements and maintained an active bedbug control program with no reported infestations.