56 West 11th Street, Manhattan, NY 10011

56 West 11th Street is an 8-story, 36-unit New Law Tenement building located in Greenwich Village and owned by Marcus Renard. Built in 1912, the building has experienced several significant maintenance and safety issues over the past decade. Most recently, in 2024 and 2023, the building successfully passed rodent inspections, and the bedbug reporting for 2024-2025 shows no infested units.

However, notable concerns have included a 2019 indoor air quality complaint about chemical vapors, which was closed without recorded resolution. Multiple Housing Maintenance Code violations were documented in 2017 related to safety signage requirements, including notices for heating system keys, gas leak procedures, and emergency contact information, though these have all been certified as corrected in 2023. The 7th-floor apartment (7FW) experienced several issues in 2017, including problems with hot water temperature exceeding 130 degrees and defective smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, all of which have since been addressed. The building has undergone routine safety inspections, including Tenant Safety Inspections in 2019, 2020, and 2021, with varying results.

An ECB violation was issued in 2019 regarding exterior maintenance, specifically noting cracks in parapet wall masonry and flower boxes on the 4th and 6th floors, which resulted in a penalty of $1,250. Several permits for work on the building have been issued between 2019-2021, including plumbing and electrical work. The property has maintained good compliance with recent bedbug reporting requirements, showing zero infested units from 2021 through 2024, and rodent control measures have shown consistent passing results in recent inspections. The building's history suggests improved maintenance practices in recent years, with many past violations having been addressed and corrected.