98 Orchard Street, Manhattan, NY 10002

The property at 98 Orchard Street is a 15-unit, 5-story Old Law Tenement building constructed in 1900 and currently owned by Dorota Applebaum. The building has experienced several maintenance issues in recent years, with the most significant being a heat and hot water emergency affecting the entire building reported in December 2024, which HPD was unable to investigate due to access issues. In early 2024, there was another door-related emergency complaint, also inaccessible for inspection.

Multiple issues were reported and investigated in October 2023, including plumbing problems with sinks and mold concerns, though no violations were issued for those cases. The building has a history of plumbing issues, with a 2023 violation related to defective faucets in apartment 3A, and an earlier plumbing complaint from 2021 that was closed due to access denial. A violation for failure to file the 2018 external low-pressure inspection was issued in June 2023 and remains active.

The building's maintenance record shows consistent compliance with rodent inspections, passing all inspections from 2019 through 2025, and showing no bedbug infestations in the past four years, since 2021. There was one COVID-19 vaccine mandate compliance complaint in 2021, which was acknowledged by the Department of Health. While the building has had various emergency complaints, it's important to note that many of these complaints were closed without violation citations being issued, particularly in 2023-2024, and all bedbug reporting periods since 2021 show zero infested units. The most recent housing maintenance code violations primarily relate to plumbing issues, with a pattern of complaints regarding access issues for inspections.