75 Orchard Street, Manhattan, NY 10002

75 Orchard Street is a 6-story, 30-unit New Law tenement building constructed in 1910, currently owned by Sassan Mahfar. The building has experienced several maintenance issues in recent years, with the most pressing concern being a rat sighting reported in June 2025, which resulted in violations noted by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. A pattern of heating and water issues was evident in late 2024, with multiple complaints about lack of heat/hot water, for which Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) was unable to gain access for inspection.

The building has documented problems with fire escape safety in 2024, resulting in several violations that were documented between June and July of that year. Additional maintenance issues have included window frame problems, plumbing concerns related to toilets, and various wall conditions, some of which resulted in violations. The building's current violations include concerns about fire escape maintenance requiring scraping and repainting, as well as multiple issues with self-closing doors that are currently classified as open violations.

Apartment-specific issues include a mold condition in Bathroom #7 (B Class violation), while Apartment #30 has violations related to a defective kitchen ceiling light fixture and entrance door hinges. Historical data shows a Department of Buildings inspection in 2018 regarding illegal hotel rooms, which found no violations at the time. Notably, the building has maintained a clean record regarding bedbugs, with no reported infestations in the past three filing periods (2022-2025). Rodent inspections have generally passed, with the exception of a failed inspection in June 2025, though notably only three buildings have a documented rodent inspection history with this property.