109 Eldridge Street, Manhattan, NY 10002

109 Eldridge Street is a 6-story, 22-unit Old Law Tenement building located in Manhattan's Lower East Side neighborhood, built in 1900 and currently owned by Ramiel Benyehuda. The building has experienced recurring maintenance issues over the past year, with particular emphasis on heating and hot water problems. Between March and May 2025, there were multiple complaints about heat and hot water issues affecting either the entire building or individual apartments. Additionally, there were concerns about water supply problems documented through both 311 complaints and Housing Maintenance Code Complaints during the same period.

The building encountered similar heat and hot water challenges in late 2024, with inspections being unable to gain access to verify the conditions. The property has demonstrated some concerning safety and maintenance patterns, including a persistent inability of HPD to complete inspections for various complaints throughout 2025 and 2024. In December 2024, violations were recorded for missing smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors in Apartment 10. The building has also faced some structural and safety issues, with violations recorded in 2022 regarding locked rear yard fire escape exits and obstructed fire escape paths, though some of these violations were subsequently resolved.

While the building has maintained an active bedbug prevention program with no reported infestations in recent years, inspections in 2023 and late 2022 have shown some rodent-related compliance issues. Multiple Department of Buildings complaints regarding unauthorized after-hours work between 2022-2025 were generally found to have no violations warranting further action, though some inspections were unable to gain access. A key violation in 2022 regarding a locked rear yard exit door resulted in a $1,250 penalty, and there is an active violation from 2023 regarding failure to certifying correction of an immediately hazardous condition. The building has undergone various permitted work between 2018-2020, primarily related to elevator modernization and other infrastructure improvements, with most permits properly issued and closed out. A boiler-related complaint in May 2025 also could not gain access for inspection, which may indicate ongoing boiler maintenance challenges.