20 East 14th Street, Manhattan, NY 10003

20 East 14th Street is a 6-story, 5-unit residential building located in Greenwich Village, built in 1910 and currently owned by Charles Blaichman. The most pressing current concern is a food poisoning complaint filed in May 2025 that remains unresolved.

The building and its associated food establishment have experienced several health department interventions over the past few years, including three documented food-related incidents between 2024-2025 (food contamination, foreign objects in food, and food poisoning) and other compliance issues such as rodent/insect concerns in August 2022. The property has maintained a good record in terms of pest control, passing all rodent inspections between 2016 and 2024. Significant building-specific issues were documented in late 2021, when the entire building experienced heat and hot water problems, particularly affecting apartment 6F, though the HPD violations related to this issue have since been resolved.

The building also faced several regulatory compliance issues in late 2021, including problems with building heating system access, and missing signage related to building registration and inspection certificates, though these were eventually resolved. Fortunately, the building has maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations, with no reported cases in any of the most recent seven reporting periods from 2019 to 2023. Recent building permits from 2018-2019 were properly issued for plumbing and electrical work, suggesting maintenance of the building's infrastructure systems.