74 Riverside Drive, Manhattan, NY 10024

74 Riverside Drive is a 5-story, 12-unit residential building located in the Upper West Side, constructed in 1899 and currently owned by Ilir Metalija. The building experienced a significant heating and hot water outage in December 2020 that affected the entire building, though these services were reportedly restored within a few days. Subsequent inspections revealed multiple violations in December 2020 related to the building's first-story vestibule, including issues with fire retardant materials, painting requirements, and various posting requirements including gas leak procedures and smoke detector requirements.

These violations were certified as corrected by March 2021. More recently, the building has faced structural concerns, with two Environmental Control Board violations issued in December 2020 noting a 2-foot vertical crack at the top of the chimney. While one of these violations was resolved by February 2021, another active violation issued in December 2020 carries a penalty of $1,250.

The property has undergone multiple sidewalk shed inspections between 2020-2025, with a partial stop-work order issued in June 2025. Despite these structural issues, the building has maintained a clean record regarding pest management, with no bedbug infestations reported in the past five years (2019-2024), and consistently passed rodent inspections from 2014 through 2024. The building's maintenance history shows regular attention to safety compliance, though some violations and a failure to maintain posting requirements indicate occasional lapses in building maintenance protocols.