136 East 79th Street, Manhattan, NY 10075

136 East 79th Street is a 14-story, 26-unit residential building located in Manhattan's Upper East Side neighborhood, constructed in 1929 and currently owned by Janet Roman. The building has experienced consistent maintenance challenges, particularly regarding its exterior facade, with multiple violations documented between 2021 and 2024. These violations have included issues with cracked bricks, spalled coping stones, broken window glass, and open mortar joints, particularly affecting the roof and penthouse terrace areas.

Notably, a June 2024 violation was issued for failure to maintain the building's exterior facade, specifically citing vertical cracked brick problems at the roof bulkhead center. The building has also faced administrative hurdles, including several instances of failing to timely file required inspection reports, though these violations were subsequently dismissed. Despite these exterior maintenance issues, the building has maintained a clean record in terms of pest control, with no documented cases of bedbugs or rodents in recent years.

Bedbug reports from 2020 through 2024 consistently showed zero infested units, and rodent inspections conducted regularly from 2010 through 2019 all passed. The most recent bedbug report from December 2024 and previous reports dating back to 2019 indicate effective pest management practices. While the building's facade maintenance issues represent an ongoing concern, the consistent passage of rodent inspections and absence of bedbug infestations suggest relatively good overall building conditions with respect to these specific health and hygiene concerns.