22 St Marks Place, Manhattan, NY 10003

22 St. Marks Place is a 5-story, 22-unit old law tenement building located in the East Village and owned by John Kucharczyk. The building, constructed in 1900, has experienced several maintenance issues in recent years, with the most significant being a heat and hot water outage affecting the entire building in June 2019, which was reportedly resolved within days. More recent concerns include multiple pest-related incidents, with the most recent bedbug report from December 2024 showing four affected units, though all were reportedly eradicated.

The building has had recurring rodent issues, with inspections showing some positive results in 2025 and 2024, but also instances of rat activity noted in 2023 and 2024. A sanitation complaint regarding garbage/recycling storage was filed in April 2024, though no violations were found upon inspection. The property has faced various regulatory challenges, including an illegal conversion investigation in late 2019 that resulted in a building violation for continuing work despite a stop work order. The building also received an Environmental Control Board violation in 2019 for unlawfully continuing work while under a stop work order, though this was resolved with no penalties.

More recently, in 2023, a violation was issued for failure to file the 2021 external low-pressure inspection report, though this was dismissed in 2024. The building's rodent inspections have shown mixed results, with a pattern of passing inspections in 2024 and 2025, but also instances of failure for various reasons. The property has maintained active compliance with annual bedbug reporting requirements since 2019, though the most recent reports indicate recent infestations in 2024. The building's maintenance record shows a combination of addressed issues and recurring challenges, with specific attention needed on pest management and the timeliness of certain required filings.