51 East 7th Street, Manhattan, NY 10003

51 East 7th Street is a 4-story, 6-unit old law tenement building located in the East Village, constructed in 1867 and currently owned by Donna Binder. The building has experienced recurring rodent issues over the past few years, with several inspections showing rat activity, though recent inspections in 2024-2025 have generally passed. The most significant recent health concern was a rat sighting reported to the Department of Health in June 2024, though no violations were found during the subsequent inspection.

The building has consistently maintained a bedbug-free status, with all bedbug reports showing zero infested dwelling units since 2020. The building's maintenance history reveals a pattern of violations particularly concentrated in 2009, primarily affecting apartment 1A, where multiple issues were documented including plumbing problems (leaky faucets, defective bathtub), gas supply issues, and inadequate carbon monoxide detection. All these violations were eventually certified as corrected by 2022.

More recently, there was one Housing Maintenance Code violation in 2024 regarding the annual bedbug report filing, though this appears to be administrative rather than health-related. The building's rodent inspection results have been mixed, with some inspections failing due to rat activity, particularly in 2024 and 2022, though all rodent-related violations have been addressed in subsequent inspections. The most recent inspections in 2024-2025 show improved compliance, with the building generally passing inspections, suggesting recent management has been more attentive to maintaining sanitary conditions.