26 2nd Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10003

26 2nd Avenue, a 6-story, 25-unit old law tenement building in the East Village built in 1900, has experienced several significant maintenance issues in recent years under the ownership of Nestor Porytko. Most notably, in May 2023, a boiler-related issue prompted a Department of Buildings complaint and subsequent ECB violation for multiple safety equipment deficiencies, including defective flame sight glass, CO detector issues, missing anti-siphon valves, and problems with the oil burner system. A more recent complaint from December 2024 regarding work without a permit in an occupied multiple dwelling was referred to the Department of Consumer Affairs.

The building experienced a heat and hot water emergency in March 2019, though the issue was reportedly resolved promptly. The property has maintained a consistent record of bedbug prevention measures, with all recent HPD filings from 2022 through the present indicating zero infested or eradicated units, suggesting effective pest management practices. Rodent inspections have generally shown compliance, with all inspections since 2021 passing except for a single failure in February 2020.

The building's annual bedbug reporting requirements have been consistently met since 2022, with the most recent filings for the periods ending October 2024 showing no infestation cases. The combined history of heating system issues, while concerning, is somewhat mitigated by the resolved nature of the complaints and the absence of recurring patterns. The building's overall conditions appear to have stabilized in recent years, with no new emergent issues reported since 2024, though the pending resolution of the 2023 boiler violations remains notable.