52 St Marks Place, Manhattan, NY 10003

This four-story, 19-unit New Law tenement building at 52 St Marks Place in the East Village, owned by Jonathan Wertenteil, has experienced several significant maintenance issues over the past decade. Most recently, in May 2025, there was a heat and hot water emergency affecting the entire building, though these services were reportedly restored before the inspection was completed.

In late 2018, multiple complaints regarding pest issues were filed, and an inspection of apartment 4B in December 2019 revealed multiple violations including the absence of smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, and reports of roaches and mice infestations—though all these violations were certified as corrected by late 2019. The building has also faced recurring heating system access issues, with a violation from 1991 remaining open as of 2025, and a 1991 hot water violation affecting apartment 1A that was eventually closed.

The property has demonstrated some improvements in recent years, with no bedbug infestations reported since 2019 and consistent rodent inspection passings throughout 2020-2025, except for a brief period of rat activity noted in November 2023 and January 2024-2025. The building has active DOB violations from 2020 and 2021 that remain unresolved as of October 2023, though two previously issued violations (2020 and 2018) were dismissed following subsequent inspections showing corrected defects. The most recent inspections indicate a generally improved maintenance record, with no recorded pest infestations in the past three years and successful rodent control measures being implemented, though the heat and hot water system reliability remains a notable concern.