50 East 79th Street, Manhattan, NY 10075

50 East 79th Street is a 20-story, 97-unit residential building constructed in 1958 on the Upper East Side, currently owned by Barbara Schmidt. The building has experienced several significant events over the past five years, most notably a failure to submit the required Parking Structure Initial Observation Report in October 2024, which resulted in an active environmental control board violation with a $2,530 penalty. The building has maintained a clean record for bedbugs since 2019, with no reported infestations in the past five filing periods.

Rodent inspections from 2010 to 2019 consistently passed. The property has multiple open housing maintenance code violations from 2018 concerning safety and notification requirements, including missing postings for smoke detector requirements, carbon monoxide detector requirements, and gas leak procedures in common areas. Between 2019 and 2021, there were numerous Department of Buildings complaints related to construction safety compliance, unauthorized work, and violation of COVID-19 executive orders, though most were ultimately closed without finding substantial violations.

The building experienced indoor air quality complaints in 2020 related to chemical vapors, though these have been resolved. More recent concerns include an active DOB violation as of January 2025 regarding the failure to certify correction of an immediately hazardous ECB violation, a marked increase in 311 service requests including mobile food vendor complaints, and a historical pattern of construction-related violations during facade work in 2020-2021. While the building has received multiple permits between 2020 and 2022 for various work types (primarily exterior and plumbing), the presence of open violations and the recent parking structure observation report violation are notable concerns that remain unresolved as of the current date.