789 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10065

789 Lexington Avenue is a 5-story, 2-unit residential building located in Manhattan's Upper East Side, built in 1910 and currently owned by Carlos Neder. The building has experienced recurring pest issues, with emergency complaints about unsanitary conditions related to pests filed in 2023 (March and January), though inspections by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) found no violations in these cases.

The building has ongoing maintenance concerns, particularly in Apartment 4, with a 2023 violation related to a defective entrance door (Class B violation) and an earlier violation from 2022 requiring the filing of an annual bedbug report. Apartment 3 has multiple open violations from a 2020 inspection, including issues with a missing smoke detector, carbon monoxide detector, and a defective self-closing door, as well as problems with gas supply to the kitchen range. The building's history shows some significant maintenance events, including a heat and hot water complaint in November 2020 affecting the entire building, where HPD found no violations during their inspection.

While the building has experienced bedbug infestations in recent years (most notably in the 2022-2023 reporting period with 3 infested units), it showed no infestations in the most recent 2023-2024 reporting period. The property has maintained a strong record in terms of rodent control, passing all inspections conducted annually from 2010 through 2019, during which all required reports were properly filed and no violations were recorded. The building's maintenance record indicates a mix of resolved and ongoing issues, with particular attention needed to the open violations regarding safety devices and maintenance in Apartment 3, and the pest control situation which has resulted in multiple HPD complaints over recent years.