59 East 3rd Street, Manhattan, NY 10003

59 East 3rd Street is a 6-story, 79-unit Old Law Tenement building constructed in 1910, currently owned by Jorge Colon. The building has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues, with multiple complaints logged through 311 and HPD between 2021 and 2025, including three significant complaints between December 2023 and February 2025 that affected either individual apartments or the entire building. In late 2023, violations were issued for excessive hot water temperatures and a malfunctioning self-closing door in apartment 6D, and in early 2024, violations were documented for water leaks, improper paint conditions, and fire safety deficiencies in the first-story public hall.

The building has undergone regular rodent inspections, with all results showing compliance since 2019. The property has a history of various maintenance and compliance issues, including multiple Housing Maintenance Code violations, most notably relating to heat and hot water systems. In 2018-2019, there were several investigations into potential illegal activity and conversion concerns, though these were generally closed with no violations found.

More recent concerns included unauthorized construction work involving a wooden canopy and barbed wire fence installation in late 2022, for which ECB violations were issued but resolved. The building's elevator system experienced maintenance issues in 2019, and there were two instances of bedbug reports filed in 2021 and 2022, though subsequent reports show no evidence of infestation. Among the most recent developments, the building passed its rodent inspections in April 2025 and has consistently filed annual bedbug reports showing zero infested units since 2022.