77 East 2nd Street, Manhattan, NY 10003

77 East 2nd Street is a 5-story, 10-unit residential building located in the East Village, owned by Christine Renzi and constructed in 1874 as an Old Law Tenement. The building has experienced several significant maintenance issues over the past few years, particularly concentrated in apartment 4, where multiple violations were documented between 2018-2019, including lead-based paint hazards on walls and ceilings, problems with self-closing doors, window guards, and the bell buzzer system.

In September 2018, there were violations related to flooring and ceiling issues that resulted in inspections and citations. More recently, a violation was issued in March 2023 regarding the failure to file the required annual bedbug report, though subsequent filings show no reported infestations or eradications from 2018 through 2024.

The building has maintained a good record for rodent inspections, consistently passing all inspections conducted between 2019 and 2025, with the most recent inspection in February 2025 also resulting in a passing grade. While there were multiple housing maintenance code violations in 2018, records indicate that these issues were addressed and closed, suggesting improvements in building maintenance, though the failure to file the 2023 bedbug report represents a departure from otherwise consistent compliance. The building's age and history suggest typical challenges associated with maintaining older structures, though recent records indicate more systematic upkeep compared to the issues documented in 2018.