299 East 3rd Street, Manhattan, NY 10009

The 38-unit, 6-story building at 299 East 3rd Street in the East Village, owned by Rona Clemente and constructed in 2003, has experienced significant heat and hot water system issues in late 2023 and early 2024, with multiple tenant complaints filed between September and December 2023. These complaints, many representing building-wide conditions, were documented through both 311 calls and Housing Maintenance Code Complaints, with some inspections revealing that HPD could not gain access to verify the conditions.

During this same period, two apartments (3C and 4F) were cited for lacking hot water, though most of these complaints were ultimately closed with various resolutions including restoration of service and confirmation from tenants. The building has also faced several infrastructure challenges, particularly in September 2023 when multiple Class C violations were issued regarding self-closing doors in public areas (including the East stair and compactor closet on the first and third stories), as well as a violation related to a mattress encumbrance in the first-story public hall.

More recent documentation from 2024 shows an active violation regarding the display of energy efficiency score and grade requirements. Notably, external pest and rodent management appears to be well-maintained, with the building passing all rodent inspections from 2019 through 2025, and no bedbug infestations reported in the past several years according to the building's bedbug reporting history.