235 9th Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10001

The four-story, six-unit tenement building at 235 9th Avenue in Chelsea, owned by Elaine Gorlechen, has experienced a concerning pattern of food safety and health-related incidents over the past two years. Most recently, in 2025, there were three health department inspections related to food establishment grading (April and March) and one food poisoning complaint (December 2024). The building's history shows consistent issues with the requirement to file annual bedbug reports between 2021-2024, though recent filings (2023 and 2024) show no reported infestations or eradications during the respective periods.

Ventilation-related indoor air quality concerns were reported in March 2023, and while these were addressed through official communication to management, the closure of multiple food establishment grade complaints suggests ongoing maintenance or sanitation challenges. The building's maintenance record also reveals a concerning sequence of events regarding tenant safety rights during construction work in 2018, with violations issued for failure to post or distribute the Safe Construction Bill of Rights and Tenant Protection Plan notices, though these were subsequently resolved with no penalties imposed. Three rodent inspections in 2021-2024 show mixed results, with one instance of rat activity in July 2021, though all other inspections since 2017 have passed.

The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has conducted multiple restaurant inspections, and while these have been resolved according to standard procedures, the recurring nature of food establishment complaints suggests there may be ongoing challenges with building maintenance or sanitation that warrant attention. While the building has generally maintained compliance with rodent inspections and has shown no recent bedbug infestations, the pattern of food-related complaints and ventilation issues over the past few years suggests ongoing maintenance challenges. The most recent building permits from November 2019 indicate some level of construction activity, though it is unclear from the available data what specific work was performed under this permit.