3 Riverside Drive, Manhattan, NY 10023

3 Riverside Drive, a 5-story HERETOFORE CONVERTED CLASS A building constructed in 1898 on Manhattan's Upper West Side, has experienced several significant issues in recent years, particularly concerning its sidewalk scaffolding and safety compliance. Most notably, there are currently three active ECB violations related to the building's sidewalk shed infrastructure, including problems with maintenance, broken/missing components, and expired permits, with penalties totaling $12,680.

Between February 2024 and January 2025, the building received multiple violations and complaints regarding scaffold conditions and safety concerns, including an alarming sequence of eight complaints in late 2024 about inadequate scaffold conditions, damaged safety nets, and even reports of building shaking. While the property has maintained rodent inspection compliance with multiple passed inspections between 2016 and 2024, it suffered a rat sighting incident in January 2022, though the subsequent inspection found only minor violations.

The building has open Housing Maintenance Code violations from 2022 through 2024 concerning the annual bedbug reporting requirements. Recent construction work has generated multiple complaints about safety conditions, with one complaint about work without a permit filed in June 2025, resulting in an Oath Violation. The property has maintained a regular schedule of permit renewals and filings between 2018 and 2021, suggesting ongoing maintenance and compliance efforts, though the recent violations indicate potential lapses in proper upkeep of safety infrastructure.