203 East 14th Street, Manhattan, NY 10003

203 East 14th Street is a 5-story, 8-unit Old Law Tenement building constructed in 1910, located in New York City's Gramercy neighborhood and currently owned by Bds Associates LLC. The building has experienced several significant maintenance issues over the past few years, most notably between 2018-2020 when there were multiple complaints and violations regarding building safety and structure. In August 2020, there were serious concerns about building stability, with violations issued for potentially hazardous decorative front facade stones that were observed to be severely deteriorated, spalled, loose, with vertical cracks and potential collapse risk.

During the same period, violations were also recorded concerning obstructed emergency exits due to air conditioning units improperly installed on fire escape exit windows. These violations were later resolved, though there was a subsequent Environmental Control Board violation in October 2020 for failure to provide unobstructed exit passageways, which was resolved with no penalties imposed. The building has undergone regular rodent inspections, passing most inspections from 2021 through 2025, with only one failure noted in June 2022.

There have been no documented rodent or pest infestations reported in the past three years, as evidenced by the building's bedbug reporting records from 2019 through 2025, all showing zero infested units. More recent complaints include a work without permit issue in April 2025, which was referred to the Department of Consumer Affairs, and an unusual building shaking complaint in August 2020. The building's maintenance history shows a pattern of addressing violations and undergoing regular inspections, with most recent rodent inspections consistently passing from 2021 through 2025. While there have been multiple service requests and housing maintenance code complaints over the years, the absence of recent infestations or major violations suggests improved conditions in recent years.