57 Pitt Street, Manhattan, NY 10002

57 Pitt Street is a 6-story, 22-unit old law tenement building located in the Lower East Side, constructed in 1900 and currently owned by Paul Stallings. The building has experienced persistent heat and hot water issues, with four emergency complaints reported between February and April 2025, and multiple complaints throughout 2024. These recurring heating problems resulted in some HPD inspectors being unable to gain access to units for verification.

The building also faces several outstanding violations as of late 2024, including safety concerns related to self-closing doors in the laundry rooms (4th and 1st stories), and questions about unauthorized alterations including electric washing machines in laundry rooms and a converted gas range in Apartment 13. There were also safety concerns noted in July 2024 regarding missing smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in Apartment 13, though some of these issues were subsequently corrected or closed. The building's maintenance history shows a pattern of problems with heating systems, cooking appliances, and safety features.

Notably, there were multiple complaints about cooking gas issues and electrical range problems in mid-2024, along with plumbing concerns in June 2024. Department of Buildings records indicate several inspections related to permitted work and site conditions between 2018 and 2023, though no violations were warranted for those complaints. A single infested unit was reported in 2019-2020, but subsequent annual bedbug reports from 2021 to 2024 have shown zero infested units. While rodent inspections in 2025 and throughout 2023-2024 have consistently passed, there were records of rat activity in 2022, indicating previous pest management challenges that appear to have been resolved.