226 East 52nd Street, Manhattan, NY 10022

226 East 52nd Street is a 15-story, 25-unit residential building constructed in 1984, currently owned by Robbin Park. The building has experienced several significant issues over recent years that warrant attention.

Most notably, there were environmental control board violations related to building safety in 2022 that resulted in a $10,000 penalty, concerning an unsafe facade condition that was documented through a technical report. Earlier facade-related violations from 2019 had documented damage including open joints and window lintel corrosion at various floors, for which a penalty of $620 was assessed. The building's management has consistently filed annual bedbug reports between 2022 and 2025, showing no documented infestations during this period, though violations for failure to file these reports were noted in 2021 and 2022.

Recent inspections have shown some positive developments, including a passed rodent inspection in February 2025, marking a notable improvement from multiple rat activity reports in 2017, though several passed rodent inspections were recorded between 2010 and 2018. The building's management faced administrative challenges as evidenced by a violation issued in 2021 regarding failure to display energy efficiency scores, though this violation was later dismissed in January 2024. Two complaints were filed with the Department of Buildings in the past few years, one in 2022 regarding egress issues and another in 2023 concerning compliance tracking, both of which were found to have no violations warranting action at the time of inspection.