237 East 24th Street, Manhattan, NY 10010

The five-story, 13-unit tenement building at 237 East 24th Street in Kips Bay, owned by James Walker, has exhibited several concerning patterns over recent years. Most notably, there are currently three open Housing Maintenance Code violations as of April 2024 related to the failure to file annual bedbug reports between 2021 and 2023. Significant safety concerns were documented in March 2020 in apartment 2R, including issues with a defective smoke detector, a self-closing door, and inadequate gas supply, though some of these were later resolved.

The building has two active Department of Buildings (DOB) violations as of September 2024 regarding failure to file the 2023 External Low Pressure Inspection, and similar violations dating back to 2018. Multiple complaints about illegal hotel rooms were filed in 2023, though inspections did not warrant any violations. The property has maintained a generally good record regarding rodent inspections, passing all inspections since 2010, with the most recent one in April 2025 also passing.

While several violations and complaints have been logged over the years, many have been resolved or dismissed, such as a 2019 boiler inspection violation that was dismissed in 2022. The building's bedbug reporting system shows no infestations or re-infestations reported in the past four filing periods, suggesting effective management of this issue despite the open violations regarding reporting requirements. The most recent complaints and violations primarily relate to administrative issues (e.g., inspection filings) rather than direct impacts on resident safety or habitability.