432 West 47th Street, Manhattan, NY 10036

The five-story, 10-unit old law tenement building at 432 West 47th Street in Hell's Kitchen, currently owned by Kosha Diaz and constructed in 1920, has experienced several notable maintenance and compliance issues in recent years. Most significantly, there is an active pattern of violations regarding the building's low-pressure boiler inspection filings, with six separate violations issued between 2018 and 2024 for failure to submit required external inspection reports, totaling penalties of $655.00.

The building also had a concerning structural issue in 2020, when an unauthorized 8-foot wood fence was constructed in the rear east yard, creating egress concerns for the neighboring building at 428 West 47th Street, though this violation was subsequently closed after the fence was either legalized or removed by January 2021. The property has demonstrated generally good pest management, with no recorded bedbug infestations in the past five reporting periods from 2019 to 2024, and consistently passing rodent inspections, including the most recent July 2024 inspection which showed no violations.

A gas utility complaint was investigated in 2021-2022 but resulted in no violations being warranted. The building has maintained compliance with most other housing maintenance codes, though the pattern of boiler inspection violations suggests ongoing oversight challenges in maintaining proper documentation and compliance with regulatory requirements. Weekly inspections and various permits issued between 2018-2019 for plumbing and exterior work indicate ongoing maintenance and improvement efforts, though the lack of recent permit activity since 2019 may warrant attention to any potential deferred maintenance issues.