254 East 7th Street, Manhattan, NY 10009

The six-story, 20-unit Old Law Tenement building at 254 East 7th Street in the East Village, owned by Ralph Westerhoff and constructed in 1910, has experienced several significant maintenance issues over recent years, with the most critical being a building-wide heat and hot water outage in March 2022, though these services were reported to be restored shortly after HPD's intervention. The building has maintained an active record of compliance with bedbug reporting requirements, with the most recent filing in June 2025 confirming zero infestation cases for the 2023-2024 period and showing a consistent pattern of no reported infestations since 2021.

However, the property has faced challenges with rodent activity, particularly evident in 2023 through multiple inspections indicating rat activity, including failed compliance inspections in March and October 2023, though more recent inspections in 2024 and 2025 have passed. The building's maintenance history shows regular permit activity, with several issued permits between 2019 and 2022 for various work types, including electrical and plumbing.

Two Housing Maintenance Code violations were recorded in 2023 and 2024 regarding the failure to file annual bedbug reports, though these appear to be administrative rather than indicative of an ongoing pest problem, as subsequent filings have shown no evidence of infestation. While the building has generally maintained compliance with health and safety requirements over the past two years, the documented rodent issues in 2023 suggest a period of pest control challenges, though the most recent inspections indicate improvements in this area.