218 East 5th Street, Manhattan, NY 10003
218 East 5th Street is a 5-story, 10-unit Old Law Tenement building located in Manhattan's East Village, built in 1866 and currently owned by Devin Leahy. The building has undergone several significant events over the past five years, most notably construction activities in 2020-2021 that generated multiple complaints and violations, including work without permits and unsafe site conditions.
These issues resulted in four Environmental Control Board (ECB) violations in February-March 2021 related to scaffold safety and pedestrian protection, though all were subsequently resolved with penalties imposed. The building experienced rat activity in July 2021 and failed a rodent inspection, marking a period of pest control challenges, though subsequent rodent inspections from 2022-2025 have consistently passed. More recent history shows improvements in pest management compliance, with the building's bedbug reports from 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 showing zero infested units, and all rodent inspections from 2024-2025 passing.
The property has had repeated Housing Maintenance Code (HMC) violations regarding bedbug reporting requirements in 2021-2024, though these were classified as "Close" in the records. The most recent complaint in December 2024 concerned work without a permit, which was referred to the Department of Consumer Affairs. The building has maintained active compliance with rodent inspections, passing all inspections since 2022, and has had three bedbug reporting periods showing no infestation issues from 2022 onward, with the most recent report filed in July 2024 showing no infested or eradicated units.
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Building Characteristics
Total units | 10 |
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Year built | 1866 |
Total area | 7356 sq ft |
Floors | 5 |
Tax Abatements | None |
Building Class | OLD LAW TENEMENT |

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