514F East 13th Street, Manhattan, NY 10009

The five-story, 13-unit tenement at 514 East 13th Street in the East Village, owned by Siaka Kone and built in 1900, has experienced recurring maintenance issues over the past two years. Most notably, there has been an ongoing pattern of heat and hot water problems, with multiple complaints filed between 2023-2024 regarding both building-wide and individual apartment systems, particularly affecting January 2024 and October 2024.

The building is also currently facing active violations for not maintaining carbon monoxide and smoke detectors in apartment 5F, as well as outstanding issues related to water leaks, with the most recent complaint dating from October 2024. There are several open violations from the Department of Buildings regarding failure to file external low-pressure inspections between 2018-2021, which remain unresolved as of June 2023. Additional concerns include sanitary issues with garbage and recycling storage (September 2024) and structural questions as evidenced by a July 2024 complaint about building stability, though no violations were found at that time.

The building's safety equipment has also been flagged for attention, with multiple violations in 2024 concerning self-closing doors at both the front entrance and public hall. While rodent inspections between 2014 and 2021 show varying results, including one failure in February 2021, the most recent inspections indicate compliance. The property has experienced some reluctance from tenants to allow inspections, particularly regarding heat and hot water issues, as noted in multiple HPD complaints where access was not granted, though one heat-related complaint received an inspection in January 2024 with no violations recorded.