320 East 9th Street, Manhattan, NY 10003

320 East 9th Street is a seven-story, 22-unit residential building located in Manhattan’s East Village, constructed in 1988 and currently owned by Benny Caiola. The building has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues in 2025, with multiple complaints registered through HPD between March 1-13, 2025, with at least eight complaints being part of a building-wide problem. HPD conducted some inspections, but in several cases was unable to gain access to units for verification.

The building has maintained a consistent record of passing rodent inspections annually from 2019 through 2025, demonstrating good pest control standards. The property has a history of elevator-related issues, with a violation recorded in August 2018 regarding access to the motor room, resulting in a $625 penalty, though this appears to have been resolved. There is currently an active violation from June 2023 for failure to file a 2020 external low-pressure inspection.

Between 2018-2021, several Department of Buildings violations were recorded but were dismissed based on subsequent inspections showing corrected defects. Notably, the building has maintained a clean record for bedbug infestations from 2019 through 2024, with zero reported cases in any of these years. The property has also undergone several permitted renovations or work in 2018-2019, though specific details of these permits were not provided in the records.