172 Madison Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10016

172 Madison Avenue is a 34-story, 72-unit Class A residential building that was completed in 2016 and is currently owned by Daniel Bekteshi. The building has experienced several significant maintenance and safety issues in recent years, with the most pressing concerns emerging in 2024. There were active violations noted in August 2024 regarding unsafe facade conditions, including broken glass, loose plywood on guardrails, and missing sealant on the exterior.

These issues prompted emergency work orders to secure public safety. The building has also accumulated several failures to comply with facade inspection requirements, including not filing the required FISP Cycle 9C technical report in February 2024, which typically involves safety assessments of the building's exterior. Additionally, there were multiple complaints and violations related to the privately owned public space, with inspections showing various compliance issues. More recent service requests include a smoking violation in May 2025 and a plumbing issue in August 2023, though the latter was inspected with no violations found.

The building has maintained a clean record in terms of bedbug infestations, with no units reported as infested in any of the annual filings since 2018. While the building has experienced some internal maintenance challenges, including plumbing issues and facade concerns, it has typically responded to these issues through required inspections and work orders. The property's history shows consistent attention to rodent control with regular inspections between 2010-2012, though earlier inspections in 2010 did indicate some rat activity. The building's owners have demonstrated compliance with mandatory reporting requirements such as bedbug reporting and have applied for various permits for maintenance work, with the most recent permits issued in 2018 and 2020 relating to exterior work.