167 Elizabeth Street, Manhattan, NY 10012

The 5-story, 8-unit tenement building at 167 Elizabeth Street in Nolita, owned by Gavince Kovacs, was constructed in 1900 and has experienced several recurring maintenance issues over recent years. Most notably, the building faced multiple heat and hot water outages in early 2022, with four separate complaints filed through HPD between February 1 and February 28, all of which were eventually resolved.

In 2022, there was also a significant unsanitary condition reported regarding garbage and recycling storage, and an illegal conversion complaint was filed in May 2022, though both these complaints were closed without violations being found. Recent concerns have centered around rodent activity, with inspections in 2025 consistently showing rat activity in January, February, and April.

The building has also faced some administrative challenges, including three separate violations for failure to file external low-pressure inspections between 2018 and 2023, though two of these violations were dismissed in August 2023. A significant rodent and pest management issue was logged in September 2023 involving the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, while the building's bedbug reporting history from 2019 to 2025 shows no recorded infestations or necessary eradications across all reporting periods. The most recent rodent inspections from 2025 indicate ongoing pest management challenges, contrasting with earlier inspections from 2019 to 2022, which consistently passed initial inspections.