86 East 3rd Street, Manhattan, NY 10003

This 5-story, 23-unit tenement building in the East Village has experienced several notable maintenance issues over the past few years, primarily relating to heating and hot water systems. In late 2021, there were two separate heat/hot water complaints - one affecting the entire building and the other concerning individual apartments - though heat and hot water were ultimately restored following the complaints.

More recently, in August 2023, the building faced indoor air quality concerns involving chemical vapors, which resulted in an advisory being issued to the property management. The Department of Buildings has issued three active violations in 2023 related to the failure to file external low pressure inspections for 2018 and 2021, as well as a boiler inspection for 2017.

The building's safety systems have undergone scrutiny, with violations recorded in 2022 pertaining to a self-closing door issue at the first story vestibule and a missing drop ladder shoe on the front fire escape. Previous violations from 2015 indicate missing smoke detectors in apartments 1A and 4B. While the building has maintained a clean record regarding bedbugs, with consistent reports showing zero infested units from 2019 through 2024, and passed multiple rodent inspections in 2022-2025, there are still four active Housing Maintenance Code violations remaining from 1992 concerning defective plaster surfaces and paint issues in apartment 5A.