693 10th Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10036

The 16-unit, 5-story Old Law Tenement building at 693 10th Avenue, owned by David Abecassis, has experienced recurring and recent maintenance issues, particularly concerning building-wide heating and hot water systems. Most notably, two heat/hot water complaints were filed through 311 in January 2025, both affecting the entire building, though HPD faced access issues during inspections.

The building's maintenance history shows a pattern of access problems during inspections, including an electrical lighting complaint in July 2024 and a heat complaint from November 2022. The building has also faced various safety and infrastructure concerns, including a fire escape inspection in March 2024, though no violations were found in that particular instance. The property has demonstrated consistent challenges with basic systems maintenance, including multiple plumbing-related complaints about water supply issues between 2019 and 2020, and more recently, an electrical lighting complaint in 2024.

Additional concerns included safety violations in 2019 regarding missing smoke detectors and carbon monoxide devices in Apartment 2RN, and a building-wide violation regarding self-closing doors at the bulkhead on the 5th story. However, the building has maintained a clean record regarding pest management, with no bedbug infestations reported in the past five years, and has consistently passed rodent inspections dating back to 2010. Recent system maintenance has shown some improvements, with no reported bedbug issues since 2019 and a successful rodent inspection in October 2024, though the ongoing heating system problems suggest persistent infrastructure challenges.