28 East 36th Street, Manhattan, NY 10016

28 East 36th Street, an 11-story post-war building in Murray Hill constructed in 1949 and owned by Kaufman Wu, has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues throughout 2024, with multiple emergency complaints filed between January and December 2024, including three building-wide and several apartment-specific incidents in December alone. The building has documented four heating system complaints in 2024 that HPD could not verify due to lack of access. A notable building-wide heating and hot water system violation was issued for apartment 8A in February 2023, though this was subsequently marked as resolved.

An elevator maintenance violation was recorded in 2019, which resulted in an Oath violation, while multiple elevator-related complaints were filed in 2021-2023, though inspections found no violations warranting penalties. The property has maintained an active record with both housing maintenance and building departments, showing responsiveness to various infrastructure issues including a Compactor Closet door violation in early 2024. While there have been documented instances of rat activity between 2012 and 2020, recent rodent inspection results from 2025 show compliance.

The building's bedbug reports from 2019-2024 indicate minimal infestation issues, with only two reported cases (in 2018 and 2019) that were promptly addressed. Recent management has included obtaining various permits for maintenance work, with the most recent permits issued in late 2022. The building has also experienced administrative violations for failure to file certain inspection reports in 2018-2019, though these were dismissed upon review in 2023.