58 East 7th Street, Manhattan, NY 10003

The four-story, six-unit tenement building at 58 East 7th Street in the East Village, owned by Alexander Pelensky, has a significant history of maintenance and compliance issues dating back several years. Most recently, in 2024 and 2025, there have been recurring investigations into illegal conversions, with the Department of Buildings serving violation notices regarding unauthorized additional dwelling units. Three open Class A violations from 2023-2024 remain concerning the failure to file annual bedbug reports.

The building experienced heating and hot water issues in late 2018, and numerous violations were documented in September 2018 primarily related to Apartment 3, including exposed electrical wiring, defective tiles, plaster issues, and problems with door self-closing mechanisms. The property has a pattern of illegal occupancy concerns, particularly relating to Apartment 4 on the fourth floor, documented through multiple complaints and ECB violations between 2019 and 2024. These violations included inadequate fire alarm systems, sprinkler system deficiencies, and problems with means of egress.

While the building has passed several rodent inspections in recent years (2023-2025), there have been some failures noted in previous inspections between 2022-2023. Notably, four ECB violations from March 2023 were documented regarding illegal occupancy and fire safety systems, though they were later resolved with no penalties imposed. The bedbug reporting history from 2019-2022 shows zero infested units, and the property has undergone regular rodent inspections, with the most recent ones passing successfully.