216 East 7th Street, Manhattan, NY 10009

The 5-story tenement building at 216 East 7th Street in the East Village, owned by Jeanne Bauer, is a 1925 structure containing 10 units. The property is currently facing an active Department of Buildings violation from June 2023 regarding failure to file the 2020 external low-pressure inspection documentation, which remains unresolved as of July 2025.

The building has maintained an impressive track record of bedbug-free status over the past seven years, with all annual reports from 2019 through 2024 showing zero infested or re-infested units, and no eradication efforts needed. However, the building has experienced ongoing rodent control challenges, particularly in 2025.

Most recently, in July 2025, the building failed an initial inspection for unspecified reasons, following an earlier January 2025 inspection that identified rat activity. The property has shown some improvement in managerial response, as evidenced by a compliance inspection in March 2025 that passed, though it is notable that this pattern of rodent-related issues has persisted despite multiple bait applications in 2022 (August through November) and generally passing inspections, suggesting ongoing challenges with pest management. Prior to these recent rodent concerns, the building had consistently passed its rodent inspections between 2022 and early 2025, with bait applications occurring during late 2022 being the only mitigation recorded.