249 West 21st Street, Manhattan, NY 10011

249 West 21st Street is a five-story, 15-unit Old Law Tenement building in Chelsea, constructed in 1920 and currently owned by Danny Zada. The property has experienced several significant maintenance issues in recent years, particularly in 2024-2025, with multiple HPD complaints and violations focusing on sanitation, heating, and various building systems. Most notably, there were heating system failures affecting the entire building in April 2025, and mold issues reported in May 2025.

In 2024, multiple complaints regarding access restrictions hindered inspections of various building systems, including flooring, electrical, plumbing, doors/windows, and paint/plaster conditions. The building has an active Housing Maintenance Code violation from March 2024 concerning floor damage in Apartment 2W, along with several safety-related violations from October 2023, including missing smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors in that same apartment. The boiler system has been a recurring area of concern, with multiple Department of Buildings complaints and Environmental Control Board violations between 2018-2021, including issues with registration, controls, and hazardous conditions. Recent violations include an active 2023 infraction for failure to file the 2022 external low-pressure inspection.

However, the building has maintained a clean record regarding bedbugs, with no reported infestations or treatments recorded since 2019. Regular rodent inspections have consistently passed, with the most recent inspection in June 2025 showing compliance. While the building has shown some attention to maintenance issues, as evidenced by the closure of several complaints and violations, there remain ongoing concerns about building systems and safety features that require monitoring. The most recent complaints suggest persistent issues with access for inspections and a pattern of maintenance problems that have generated multiple service requests and violations over the past two years.