157 Broome Street, Manhattan, NY 10002

157 Broome Street is a 6-story, 28-unit New Law tenement building located in the Lower East Side, built in 1910 and currently owned by Martha Pichardo. The property has experienced recurring maintenance challenges over recent years, particularly regarding rodent issues, with multiple 311 complaints related to rat sightings and signs of rodents between 2020 and 2023. While recent rodent inspections from 2022 through 2025 show mostly passing results, there have been periods of pest activity noted in December 2023 and July 2021.

The building has also faced several safety compliance issues, particularly concerning facade maintenance, with multiple Department of Buildings violations related to inadequate safety measures and missing facade maintenance documentation between 2021 and 2024, resulting in substantial fines. Notable health and safety concerns have emerged from recent inspections, including violations for defective smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors, and excessive storage obstructing egress in apartment 4C (2023), as well as issues with bathroom ventilation in apartment 3B (2024). The building's management has been cited for inadequate responses to facade safety requirements during construction work, particularly in March 2023 when emergency work orders were issued due to unsafe conditions and lack of proper safety measures. The property has an open bedbug report violation as of April 2024, demonstrating potential ongoing pest management challenges.

Previous inspections have revealed various maintenance issues, including problems with plastered surfaces, paint conditions, and storage violations in tenant apartments. The building's systems and infrastructure have been the subject of multiple complaints and violations, including refrigerator issues documented in 2020, though no violations were found during the inspection. Recent construction-related complaints and inspections throughout 2024 indicate ongoing monitoring of work without permits, though many of these complaints were resolved through compliance inspections. The facade maintenance and safety issues remain of particular concern, with multiple active violations as of 2024 related to low-pressure inspection filing failures and previously documented unsafe conditions.