52 East 4th Street, Manhattan, NY 10003

The 15-story residential building at 52 East 4th Street in the East Village, owned by Maria Hurst, has experienced several concerning maintenance issues in recent years. Most notably, there were two serious incidents in early 2025 involving water supply and heating systems, affecting the entire building, though inspections were not completed due to access issues.

The property has a pattern of exterior maintenance violations, with active issues regarding the condition of exterior walls and equipment from 2018 to present, including a significant penalty from 2022 for failing to submit required examination reports. Although the building has maintained consistent bedbug control with no infestations reported since 2018, and recent rodent inspections from 2023 to 2025 have generally passed, there was one instance of rat activity noted in March 2023. The building's mechanical systems have required attention over the years, with outstanding violations related to elevator safety going back to 2019.

While the property has generally complied with bedbug reporting requirements (showing zero units affected in all recent filings), the heating and plumbing emergencies in early 2025 suggest ongoing infrastructure challenges. The building's maintenance history shows some pattern of delayed compliance with various regulatory requirements, including multiple violations for failing to submit critical reports between 2018 and 2022, though some of these have since been resolved. A health inspection in 2024 revealed issues with rodents and garbage in food establishment areas, and in 2024, there were two rodent/insect/garbage complaints that were investigated by the Department of Health.