486 9th Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10018

486 9th Avenue is a 5-story, 18-unit old law tenement building located in Hell's Kitchen and owned by Alan Chun. The building has experienced persistent maintenance issues over the past year, particularly concerning sanitary conditions in garbage/recycling storage areas and multiple complaints about cooking gas and appliance problems. Notable recent incidents include an open unsanitary condition complaint from December 2024 regarding garbage/recycling storage, and multiple HPD inspection attempts throughout 2024-2025 that were unable to be completed, requiring tenants to submit new service requests if conditions persist.

The building has also experienced infrastructural issues, including a water leak reported in November 2024 which was subsequently resolved. The property has an extensive history of code violations and maintenance issues, with particular concerns noted in 2024 regarding electrical safety, including exposed wiring and a broken electrical plate cover in the first-story public hall. A critical violation related to fire escape functionality was issued in May 2024, and building systems such as the fire alarm system and sprinkler system were flagged in 2018 for non-compliance when the building was reportedly being used for transient purposes.

Though these violations were resolved, they indicate historical challenges with building maintenance. Despite these issues, the building has demonstrated reasonable rodent control compliance in recent inspections, with the most recent rodent inspection in October 2024 passing, and no bedbug infestations reported in any of the annual filings since 2019-2020. The property has a documented pattern of complaint handling where HPD often requires tenants to re-file complaints when inspections cannot be completed, as seen in multiple closed complaints throughout 2024-2025.