222 East 21st Street, Manhattan, NY 10010

222 East 21st Street is a 5-story, 20-unit Old Law Tenement building constructed in 1920 and currently managed by Apartment Management Incorporated in the Gramercy neighborhood. The building's maintenance history reveals several concerning issues, particularly in recent years. Of particular note are two significant health and safety incidents in 2023: one involving chemical vapors or odors that required a Department of Health advisory, and another rodent-related complaint that resulted in violations, though follow-up inspections were scheduled.

The building has experienced recurrent rodent activity, with a March 2023 inspection showing rat activity, though subsequent inspections in 2023 and 2025 passed. There were also emergency sewage-related complaints in August 2021 that HPD could not access for inspection, and a heat/hot water issue in September 2018 that similarly could not be inspected. Recent property maintenance highlights include a 2023 violation regarding building facade maintenance that resulted in a $250 fine, specifically noting broken stone molding at the window lintel on the first floor right side.

The building has demonstrated good pest control measures over the past seven years, with no bedbug infestations reported in any of the annual filings between 2019 and 2024. While rodent activity has been intermittently documented through inspections from 2016 to 2025, most recent inspections have shown compliance. The property has had two documented complaints about after-hours work, one in 2020 that was found to have no warrant for violation at the time of inspection. While the building's age and some maintenance issues are noteworthy, the comprehensive record of inspections and lack of certain pest infestations suggest ongoing management oversight, though some recent health-related complaints warrant attention.