944 5th Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10021

944 5th Avenue is a 14-story, 14-unit New Law tenement building constructed in 1926, currently owned by Jay Mantz. The building has experienced several significant structural and safety-related incidents in recent years, most notably an active facade safety notification (LL11/98) initiated in March 2023, which remains unresolved as of October 2023.

This was preceded by complaints regarding building shaking in early March 2023, which inspection determined did not warrant violations. The property has been subject to multiple Environmental Control Board violations, including a 2024 citation for failing to file an acceptable amended Cycle 9B report regarding unsafe conditions, for which a $625 penalty was imposed, and a 2023 violation for failure to post the exterior wall condition certificate in the lobby. The building has a mixed history of pest control, with no reported bedbug infestations in the past three years (2022-2025), though there were 15 eradicated units reported in 2019.

Rodent inspections have been conducted regularly between 2010 and 2019, with the most recent inspections consistently passing, except for a rat activity citation in December 2011. The building has had several DOB violations from 2019 onward, though many have been resolved based on subsequent reports showing corrected defects, indicating some responsiveness to maintenance issues. While the facade safety notification and recent violations suggest current structural concerns, the building's relatively clean pest control record over the past three years and consistent rodent inspection passing scores provide some indication of maintained basic hygiene standards.