325 Broome Street, Manhattan, NY 10002

325 Broome Street is a 5-story, 4-unit old-law tenement building located in New York City's Lower East Side and owned by Erika Wentworth. The building, constructed in 1900, has recently experienced significant structural concerns that warrant attention.

As of March 2025, the building is under structural monitoring due to hazardous conditions observed, including a large vertical crack between floors 1-3 and spalding/cracked stucco on the west elevation. Additionally, there are serious foundation stability issues arising from construction work at the adjacent property (327 Broome Street), resulting in a partial vacate order and concerns about a breached rubble foundation wall in the cellar and basement level, with deteriorated joists noted during inspections in late 2024. The building has a documented history of maintenance issues, with the most recent notable concerns occurring in 2021 when Apartment 2 experienced mold and water leak problems, leading to multiple Housing Maintenance Code violations.

These included requirements to replace missing escutcheon plates, repair broken plastered surfaces, address self-closing door issues, and manage a roll-down gate nuisance at the building entrance. However, the building has maintained a consistent record of passing rodent inspections, with the most recent inspection in March 2025 showing compliance. Interestingly, the building's bedbug reporting history from 2019 through 2024 shows no infestations, with all annual reports indicating zero affected units during the respective filing periods.