5 Cornelia Street, Manhattan, NY 10014

5 Cornelia Street is a 5-story, 15-unit Old Law Tenement building located in the West Village, currently owned by Geminiano Sanz and dating back to 1890. The building has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues, with the most recent complaint filed as an emergency in September 2023 showing inadequate hot water supply in apartment 1C, though some heat-related violations had been resolved by September 2023.

During 2020-2021, the building faced multiple heating system problems, with complaints recorded in January, March, October, November, and December of 2020, as well as January 2021, suggesting persistent infrastructure challenges. The building's maintenance record reveals ongoing concerns about basic utilities and building systems, including gas supply issues affecting unit 4C in December 2020.

More recently, in early 2023, violations were documented regarding building maintenance, including a missing cornice piece and vertical cracks above the front door, which were noted in a February inspection. While the building has maintained a clean record regarding bedbugs, with zero reported cases since 2018, there have been some rodent control challenges, notably in 2021 when initial inspections failed to pass due to rat activity, though more recent inspections from 2022 through 2025 have consistently passed. The building's violation history also shows periods of non-compliance, such as a failure to file the 2022 external low-pressure inspection, though this violation was dismissed in May 2023.