425 West 57th Street, Manhattan, NY 10019

The 50-unit, 5-story building at 425 West 57th Street, owned by Justin Gorjian and constructed in 1940, has experienced recurring maintenance issues in recent years, particularly with heating and water systems. Most notably, there is currently an open HPD complaint regarding a slow water leak as of April 2025, and between 2022-2023, there were multiple heat and hot water complaints affecting both individual apartments and the entire building. The building has also faced pest control challenges, with unsanitary conditions related to pests reported in both 2022 and 2023, despite being unable to gain access for inspection.

Safety concerns were highlighted in 2022 with violations related to self-closing doors in stairways that required repairs or replacement, particularly at the 3rd and 5th story public halls. These violations, though classified as Class A and C, were subsequently closed. The building has maintained a clean record regarding bedbugs, with no reported infestations in the past several years, and all recent rodent inspections (most recently in October 2024) have passed.

There have been three Department of Buildings complaints regarding potential illegal hotel room usage between 2019-2023, though in these instances, inspectors were either denied access or found no violations at the time of inspection. The building experienced one significant plumbing issue in October 2021 involving a toilet problem, and several maintaining service requests and subsequent repairs are on record. Environmental Control Board violations from 2018 related to a removed vacate order and scaffold issues were resolved, with no outstanding penalties. While some individual apartment maintenance issues persist, as evidenced by the open water leak complaint, many previous complaints have been addressed and closed through proper inspection protocols and repairs, though access issues have sometimes complicated resolution efforts.