525 East 6th Street, Manhattan, NY 10009

The five-story, eight-unit tenement at 525 East 6th Street, built in 1920 and currently owned by 525 East 6th Street HDFC, has experienced several noteworthy events in recent years. The building has maintained a clean record of bedbug infestations over the past five years, with the most recent 2024-2025 report showing no infested or re-infested units, and no annual bedbug reports were issued after the initial 2021 violation.

However, there are some ongoing compliance issues, including an active violation as of June 2023 for failure to file the 2018 external low-pressure inspection, and a window A/C unit support bracket violation from March 2023 that was eventually resolved. The building has faced some rodent-related challenges, with two inspections showing rat activity in 2022-2023, though most recent inspections in 2023-2025 have passed.

The Department of Buildings has handled several complaints, including an illegal hotel room investigation in 2019 that was referred to NYPD, an enforcement work order in February 2023, and a Local Law 188/17 compliance inspection in August 2023 that showed no violations at the time. A permit for exterior work was issued in December 2021, though specific details of the work were not provided in the available data. While the building has experienced various maintenance and compliance issues, recent inspections suggest some improvement, particularly in pest management, though attention to filing requirements and building maintenance appears to remain a concern.