139 East 13th Street, Manhattan, NY 10003

The six-story, 20-unit tenement building at 139 East 13th Street, owned by 139 East 13th Owner LLC, has experienced recurring heat and hot water system issues throughout 2025, with multiple emergency complaints filed between February and April 2025. While most of these complaints were closed after HPD inspections confirmed either restoration of service or inability to gain access for verification, the frequency of these issues suggests ongoing infrastructure challenges.

In 2024, the building had several notable maintenance violations, including issues with self-closing doors in the basement and apartment 1C, and inadequate heat and hot water supplies in apartment 1C, all of which were ultimately certified as corrected by December 2024. The property underwent facade inspections in 2021 that revealed various structural concerns, particularly regarding window lintels and decorative stone elements, with multiple Environmental Control Board violations issued against ORION 13 LLC during this period, though all were eventually resolved.

The building has maintained a generally good record regarding pest control, with the most recent bedbug reports from 2024-2025 showing no infestations, and multiple rodent inspections throughout 2022-2025 consistently passing, though there was one failed inspection in October 2022. Historical records indicate construction-related issues in 2020, including a failure to maintain building facade elements, and there have been several complaints regarding the building's maintenance conditions, including a 2020 Failure to Maintain violation. Recent permits issued in 2024-2025 suggest ongoing maintenance and possibly improvement work, though the specifics of these permits would require further investigation through DOB records.