133 Orchard Street, Manhattan, NY 10002

133 Orchard Street is a five-story, 16-unit Old Law Tenement building located in Manhattan's Lower East Side and owned by Paul Gurman. The building has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues, with multiple emergency complaints filed between November and December 2024, affecting both individual apartments and the entire building. These complaints followed a pattern established earlier in 2023, when similar heat-related problems emerged in February.

The building has undergone regular rodent inspections, with all inspections from 2022 through 2025 passing except for one failed compliance inspection in late 2021, though bait was applied during September 2021. Several maintenance violations were recorded in 2021, including issues with gas supply to kitchen fixtures in apartments 1C and 3C, door self-closing mechanisms, and plumbing problems in apartment 3B. Historical records indicate that the building had a mouse infestation in a public hall area in 2019, which was documented as resolved.

The building's management has maintained proper bedbug reporting procedures, with no confirmed infestations reported in the last five annual filings from 2020 through 2024. Two significant building-wide violations from 2018 include issues with gas leak emergency procedures and with the display of inspection certificates near mailboxes. During 2020, there were investigations into possible illegal hotel room operation and improper drainage systems, though these complaints were either closed without violation or could not be substantiated. The building appears to be maintaining its basic infrastructure as evidenced by regular rodent inspection pass rates, though the recurring heating system issues and periodic maintenance violations suggest ongoing challenges with building systems and infrastructure.