235 East 53rd Street, Manhattan, NY 10022

235 East 53rd Street is a 5-story, 15-unit old law tenement building constructed in 1904, currently owned by Mentor Uka. The building's recent history shows recurring concerns with rodents and sanitation issues, most notably a 2025 complaint about rodents/insects/garbage in a food establishment (closed by DOHMH) and a 2022 pest-related emergency complaint (closed by HPD).

The property experienced a violation notice in 2022 regarding a gas leak procedures notice that needed to be posted, along with multiple safety-related violations including missing or defective self-closing doors at the building entrance, and several notification requirements about smoke and carbon monoxide detection systems that needed to be posted. Despite these issues, the building has maintained excellent rodent control, passing all inspections since 2010, with the most recent passing inspection occurring in January 2025.

The property has shown consistent compliance with bedbug reporting requirements, with no reported infestations in any of the past several years' filings (2020-2024). Multiple permits have been issued for work at the property, including in September 2020 and August 2018, though specific details of the work performed are not provided in the available data. While the building has had various maintenance issues requiring attention over the years, including a heat/hot water complaint in 2019, most of these complaints have been promptly addressed through appropriate inspections and corrections, often with no violations found upon inspection.