338 East 30th Street, Manhattan, NY 10016

338 East 30th Street is a four-unit, four-story residential building located in Kips Bay, constructed in 1910 and currently owned by Mara Cohen. The building has experienced several significant maintenance issues, particularly in late 2018 when multiple heat-related complaints were filed, including inadequate heat for the entire building and individual apartments. The most notable incident from that period was a cooking gas violation issued to apartment 1F in November 2018, which documented inadequate gas supply to fixtures at the gas range.

This cluster of complaints resulted in multiple Emergency Housing Maintenance Code violations. In early 2019, the building was the subject of an illegal conversion complaint, revealing unauthorized transient use of a duplex apartment (#1R) that led to several Environmental Control Board (ECB) violations. These violations, while subsequently resolved, included failure to maintain proper safety systems such as automatic sprinklers, means of egress, and a required Class 'J' fire alarm system.

The building has shown consistent maintenance of pest control, with no bedbug infestations reported in any of the annual filings from 2019 to 2024, and has passed all rodent inspections conducted between 2010 and 2025. Most recently, the building received an initial rodent inspection in April 2025 which passed, suggesting current compliance with health and safety standards. The building's heat and hot water systems appear to have stabilized since the 2018 issues, with no recent complaints on record, and regular documentation of maintenance permits being issued, including plumbing and electrical work in late 2018.