4 East 70th Street, Manhattan, NY 10021

4 East 70th Street is a 12-story, 36-unit residential building constructed in 1938 on Manhattan's Upper East Side, currently owned by Leslie Samuels. The building has experienced recurring issues with bedbug reporting requirements, with violations noted in 2022 and most recently in March 2023, though subsequent filings from 2023-2024 show no reported infestations.

A significant safety concern was addressed in January 2023 when a non-compliant doorstop device preventing self-closing of the vestibule entrance door was found and subsequently corrected. The Department of Buildings has two violations on record from July 2019, though these were dismissed by December 2022 based on subsequent inspections showing corrected defects. The building's maintenance history shows consistent attention to pest control, with monthly inspections passing from 2010 through 2019, and rodent inspections also consistently passing from 2016 through 2019.

Multiple emergency work permits were issued between 2019 and 2021, suggesting ongoing maintenance and upkeep of building systems. While there were some regulatory violations noted in past years, the building's recent compliance with bedbug reporting requirements and passing inspection results indicate improved maintenance practices. The property has maintained a generally positive record in terms of rodent control and bedbug management over the past five years, with no reported infestations since 2020 and successful eradication of the single reported case that year.