715 Madison Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10065

The property at 715 Madison Avenue is a 5-story, 6-unit building located in the Upper East Side, built in 1877 and currently owned by Stephen Elbaz. The building has experienced recurring maintenance issues, particularly in 2025, with multiple complaints about water leaks and mold problems documented through 311 service requests and Housing Maintenance Code violations. Most recently, in April 2025, there were both water leak and mold complaints, though both were closed after HPD's intervention.

The building's 4th floor apartment (4R) has been the focus of several ongoing issues, with open violations from an August 2022 inspection including problems with window springs, plastered surfaces, paint conditions, and water leakage at various locations. The building has a history of maintenance challenges, including pest control issues as evidenced by complaints in 2023-2024 and earlier in 2022, though no active complaints or infestations have been reported in recent years. Several Department of Buildings violations remain open, including one issued in June 2023 regarding the failure to file a 2019 external low-pressure inspection.

The building has maintained a clean record regarding bedbugs, with no infestations reported in the past six years, and passed multiple rodent inspections between 2016-2019, with bait applied in one instance in 2018. Recent activities include three separate mold complaints (two in March 2025 and one in April 2025) and multiple paint/plaster issues that have required HPD inspections and resulted in violations. An illegal conversion complaint from December 2023 and an egress-related complaint from November 2021 were both closed without violations being found at the time of inspection.