139 Chrystie Street, Manhattan, NY 10002

The 6-story, 10-unit old law tenement building at 139 Chrystie Street, owned by Kin Au, has experienced several notable incidents between 2018 and 2019 requiring attention to safety and compliance issues. In late 2018, two significant Environmental Control Board violations were issued against TRAL Corporation for unapproved gas piping and fittings installation on the first floor business, resulting in $5,000 in penalties (both violations remain active).

Additionally, there were multiple complaints in April 2019 regarding site conditions, including inadequate sidewalk shed/scaffold conditions, though one inspection found no violations warranting action. These events triggered several permits issued in 2019 for plumbing work, including a PL permit issued in August 2019. The building's more recent history shows improvement in terms of pest management, with consistent filings indicating zero bedbug infestations from 2019 through 2024.

However, there were notable rodent activity concerns in 2022, with inspections in November 2022 and December 2022 both reporting rat activity, though subsequent inspections from 2023 through 2025 have consistently passed. Most recent rodent inspections in 2024 and 2025 show compliance with pest management standards. As of now, there are two active DOB violations from March 2019 regarding failure to certify corrections on immediately hazardous violations, representing an ongoing compliance issue that dates back several years.