85 Attorney Street, Manhattan, NY 10002

85 Attorney Street is a six-story, 11-unit commercial building located in Manhattan's Lower East Side, built in 1910 and currently owned by Morris Platt. The building has experienced several notable maintenance and compliance issues over the past five years, though recent data indicates improving conditions. Between 2021 and 2024, the building received four consecutive Housing Maintenance Code violations related to annual bedbug report filings, although the most recent report from June 2025 shows no reported infestations or eradications during the 2023-2024 period.

The building has also undergone regular rodent inspections, passing all ten conducted between 2019 and 2025, indicating effective pest management. Significant infrastructure concerns emerged in 2020, when the elevator system was flagged for having no alternate service, resulting in an Oath Violation. This was accompanied by an Environmental Control Board violation for not installing a mandatory door lock monitor in the elevator controller, which remains active with a $1,250 penalty as of 2020.

Furthermore, a violation for failure to certify correction of an immediately hazardous Class 1 ECB violation was recorded in October 2020 and remains active. While these elevator-related issues and the bedbug reporting violations raise concerns about building maintenance, the consistent passing of rodent inspections and the recent bedbug reporting compliance suggesting zero infestation in the past year are positive developments. The building's ongoing violations and penalties, particularly the active ECB violation regarding the door lock monitor, warrant attention as of the latest available data through 2023.