162 East 70th Street, Manhattan, NY 10021

162 East 70th Street is a converted Class A, four-story residential building located in Manhattan's Upper East Side, owned by Alan Kroll and dating back to 1874. The building has consistently demonstrated good maintenance practices in terms of rodent control, with all inspections from 2010 through 2019 passing without issue, indicating effective pest management during this period.

However, more recent years have shown some concerning compliance issues, particularly regarding bedbug reporting requirements. The building has accumulated four consecutive open violations between 2021 and 2024, all related to the failure to file annual bedbug reports as mandated by Housing Maintenance Code § HMC. This pattern of non-compliance suggests ongoing challenges with meeting prescribed health and safety reporting requirements.

Additionally, there was one Department of Buildings violation in December 2021 related to a failure to perform a Category 5 inspection, which was subsequently dismissed in May 2022. While the building's rodent inspection history demonstrates consistent passing results over nearly a decade, the more recent bedbug reporting violations represent the only current open violations on record, with the most recent notice issued in April 2024. The building's overall inspection history suggests that while basic pest control measures have been maintained, there have been significant lapses in meeting documentation requirements for bedbug reporting over the past several years.