111 East 31st Street, Manhattan, NY 10016

At 111 East 31st Street, an 8-unit, 4-story residential building converted from Class B to Class A ownership in 1920, recent concerns have centered primarily around heat and hot water issues, with three emergency complaints filed between November and December 2024 regarding lack of heat/hot water throughout the entire building. Unfortunately, HPD was unable to gain access to perform inspections in response to these complaints.

The building has maintained an active bedbug-free record since 2021, with regular reporting showing zero infested units, and no significant rodent issues reported in recent years, as evidenced by passed inspections in 2010, 2011, and 2012. The property has faced several compliance challenges over the years, including two active violations from 2019 related to boiler inspection reporting and elevator defects that remain unresolved as of October 2023.

Between 2018-2021, the building received various violations and service requests, including a safety inspection of the fire escape and an unsanitary conditions complaint regarding garbage/recycling storage in 2018, though no violations were ultimately issued for these issues. Access issues have been a recurring theme in both 311 service requests and Department of Buildings inspections, with multiple instances where inspectors were unable to gain entry to the building or individual units, including complaints regarding Certificate of Occupancy and permit compliance in 2019 and 2020. While some violations from 2019 have been dismissed based on subsequent reports showing corrected defects, the persistence of the aforementioned boiler and elevator violations suggests ongoing maintenance challenges.