248 East 3rd Street, Manhattan, NY 10009

248 East 3rd Street is a 6-story, 23-unit old law tenement building constructed in 1910, currently owned by Melissa Martinez and located in the East Village neighborhood. The building has experienced several maintenance issues in recent years, with the most significant cluster of violations occurring in 2024. These included electrical and plumbing problems in apartment 6B (such as a defective light switch, loose circuit breaker cover, leaky water supply pipe, and various required repairs), and multiple safety concerns in the 6th floor public hall including a leaking roof, broken fire retardant material, and required ceiling repairs.

An open violation from December 2021 remains on record regarding defective ceramic wall tiles in the bathroom of apartment 2B. The building has maintained a clean record for bedbugs since 2019, with no reported infestations in any units over the past seven reporting periods. Rodent inspections have generally been successful, with most recent inspections in 2025 and 2024 passing, though there was one failure in February 2023 for "Other Reasons." The building's documented history shows regular oversight and enforcement of housing maintenance codes, with most violations being addressed and certified as corrected, particularly those from 2024 which were all certified by May 2024.

Prior to the 2024 violations, the building received a set of notices in December 2021 regarding various maintenance issues in apartment 6B and the 6th floor public hall, which marked the beginning of a series of electrical and plumbing system problems that persisted into 2024. In 2019, there was one elevator-related violation issued, though the specific nature and resolution details were not provided in the available data. The property has been subject to inspections for illegal commercial use and other zoning concerns in 2018, but no violations were found during those inspections.