123 East 47th Street, Manhattan, NY 10017
The three-story, three-unit building at 123 East 47th Street, owned by James Knowles and built in 1926, has experienced several notable maintenance issues in recent years. One significant incident occurred in November 2021 when the entire building experienced heat and hot water outages, though these services were reportedly restored shortly after HPD's intervention. The property has ongoing violations related to bedbug report filing requirements, with four consecutive violations issued between 2021 and 2024 indicating non-compliance with Housing Maintenance Code requirements.
Additionally, there are multiple outstanding Department of Buildings violations regarding inspection failures, including two active violations for not filing the 2022 and 2023 External Low-Pressure Inspections, and a failure to certify correction of an immediately hazardous violation from December 2020. The building's exterior condition has been a concern, with two notable ECB violations from 2020 regarding facade maintenance, including cracks and missing parget on the building's exposure #1, for which penalties of $12,500 and $6,250 were imposed. A failure to maintain building walls violation was recorded in September 2020, leading to an Oath Violation.
Despite these issues, it's worth noting that the building has consistently passed rodent inspections between 2010 and 2025, suggesting good pest control practices. The property's complaint history includes a Department of Buildings investigation in 2024 that resulted in no violations being warranted, as well as a failure to maintain complaint from September 2020. While the heat and hot water incident in 2021 represents the most recent service disruption, the building has had no major safety violations on record since 2020.
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Building Characteristics
Total units | 3 |
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Year built | 1926 |
Total area | 3864 sq ft |
Floors | 3 |
Tax Abatements | None |
Building Class | HERETOFORE CONVERTED CLASS A |

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