525 East 12th Street, Manhattan, NY 10009

The 6-story, 5-unit residential building at 525 East 12th Street in the East Village, owned by Clara Sokol and completed in 2007, has experienced several maintenance issues in recent years. Most notably, in 2023, there were at least two complaints related to building maintenance, with a failure to maintain violation served in September 2023 concerning disrepair in the commercial space cellar level ceiling, including broken sheet rock exposing pipes and water damage, which remains an active violation with a $500 penalty.

While an earlier plumbing complaint from July 2023 resulted in no violation being warranted at the time of inspection, these maintenance issues suggest ongoing concerns with building upkeep. The building's history shows some other notable points: two previous violations from 2019 and 2020 were eventually resolved or dismissed based on corrected defects, and the property has consistently passed rodent inspections each year from 2019 through 2025.

Encouragingly, the building has maintained a clean record regarding bedbugs, with no reported infestations or eradications in any of the six annual reports from 2019 to 2024. While there is one permitted job on record from 2019 related to interior alterations, the most pressing concern appears to be the ongoing maintenance issues documented in 2023.