505 West 47th Street, Manhattan, NY 10036

The 108-unit, 7-story building at 505 West 47th Street, owned by Gjon Kolaj and constructed in 2008, has experienced several significant maintenance issues over the past five years. Most recently, in April 2024, multiple emergency complaints were filed regarding window frames, window panes, and ceiling plaster issues, though inspectors from the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) were unable to gain access for verification.

The building has a history of heating and plumbing problems, with emergency complaints about heat/hot water for the entire building in 2019 and 2020, and multiple plumbing/water supply complaints in March 2020 that required immediate attention but were subsequently verified as corrected. A rat sighting was reported in July 2023, though the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene found no violations upon inspection. The building has undergone several inspections and faced various regulatory issues, including a 2023 violation for failure to display energy efficiency information, which was later dismissed.

Two sidewalk shed violations were recorded in 2023, with one resulting in an Oath violation served. The property has maintained a generally clean record regarding bedbugs and rodent activity, with no reported infestations in the past seven years and multiple passing rodent inspections from 2014 through 2024, though there was one report of rat activity in 2013. Recent reports of building issues have primarily focused on windows and ceilings, while building systems such as plumbing and heating appear to have stabilized following earlier emergency incidents.