9 East 74th Street, Manhattan, NY 10021

9 East 74th Street is a 6-story, 8-unit residential building located on Manhattan's Upper East Side, constructed in 1869 and currently owned by Nicholas Emmanuel. The building has experienced recurring heating and hot water system issues, particularly during 2019-2020, with multiple emergency complaints filed with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), including entire building outages and individual apartment problems. These incidents resulted in several violations being issued.

More recent inspections from 2022-2023 showed violations related to bedbug reporting requirements, with records indicating the need to file annual bedbug reports, though the most recent 2025 report shows 0 infested units with 7 eradicated units. The building has maintained a good rodent control record, consistently passing inspections between 2010 and 2019. The property has also faced elevator-related compliance issues, with an active violation from June 2023 regarding the failure to file external low-pressure inspections for both 2018 and 2019.

Notable maintenance issues in 2019, primarily affecting apartment 4A, included defective carbon monoxide and smoke detectors, leaky bathroom fixtures, and problems with plastered surfaces and paint in the ceiling. While many historical violations have been addressed and closed, including several safety system repairs in 2019, the building's recent bedbug reporting compliance issues and ongoing elevator inspection violation warrant attention. The building has generally maintained good inspection results for both rodent control and bedbug eradication in recent years, with the most current bedbug reports showing significant progress in managing infestations when they occurred.