527 East 5th Street, Manhattan, NY 10009

527 East 5th Street is a 5-story, 5-unit old law tenement building constructed in 1900, currently operated as Greenhouse Artists Residence. The property has experienced several notable maintenance issues in recent years, most significantly a plumbing violation in June 2022 that resulted in a Partial Stop Work Order and an active Department of Buildings violation concerning the potential revocation of plumbing approvals due to inactive licensing of the master plumber.

A bedbug-related violation was issued in February 2022 regarding the failure to file the annual bedbug report, though subsequent filings from 2022 through 2025 show no documented infestations or eradications, indicating this issue may have been resolved. The building's rodent control efforts have shown a consistent pattern of both inspections and treatment, with the most recent rodent inspection in July 2025 passing successfully.

Between January and July 2023, multiple bait applications were conducted, suggesting previous rodent activity, but these seem to have been effective as indicated by the subsequent passing inspections. The property has maintained an active bedbug reporting record from 2019 through 2025, with all recent filings (2023-2025) reporting zero infested, eradicated, or re-infested units. While some historical violations and pest management issues are evident, the most recent records from 2023-2025 show improvements in both rodent management and bedbug control compliance, though the plumbing violation from 2022 remains active as of the latest available data.