45 Essex Street, Manhattan, NY 10002

The 5-story, 16-unit tenement building at 45 Essex Street in Chinatown, owned by Avram Weisberg, has demonstrated a generally stable maintenance record since 2021, with particular attention paid to rodent control and pest management.

Most recently, in July 2024, there was a paint and plaster issue involving a ceiling that was classified as an immediate emergency, and during the ensuing inspection, a violation was documented regarding a defective self-closing door in apartment 8 on the 3rd story. This violation, along with the corresponding HPD complaint, was certified for correction on July 14, 2024.

The building has maintained an active rodent control program, with regular inspections yielding mostly passing results, though there was one failure noted in January 2022 for rat activity and another failed inspection in January 2024 for unspecified "other reasons." The property has demonstrated effective pest management practices, as evidenced by five consecutive years of bedbug reports (2019-2024) showing zero infested units, with all reported units either being previously infested or having undergone successful eradication. Compliance with bedbug reporting requirements, which was previously a violation in April 2021, has been consistently maintained since 2022, with the most recent filing for the period ending October 2024 confirming no infestation cases.