245 East 72nd Street, Manhattan, NY 10021

245 East 72nd Street is a 20-story residential building developed in 1930, currently owned by Mark Nathanson and containing 120 units. The building has experienced several noteworthy maintenance and compliance issues over recent years. Most recently, in March 2024, multiple Class B and C housing maintenance code violations were issued for the 21st-story apartment PHA, including unsafe electrical wiring conditions and defective plaster surfaces.

The building's maintenance history shows recurring issues in 2018, particularly in Apartment PHA, with violations related to window repairs and plastered surface maintenance. There were also significant construction-related compliance issues in 2019, with penalties for failure to safeguard persons during construction, unauthorized electrical work, and scaffold inspection failures, resulting in fines totaling $8,525. More recently, in 2025, a construction safety compliance action resulted in an Oath violation.

The building has maintained generally good safety records in terms of pest control, with no bedbug infestations reported in the past three years and all rodent inspections passing since 2010. However, there have been recurring issues with energy benchmarking compliance, resulting in multiple violations between 2022-2024, though these were ultimately dismissed upon confirmation of submission. The building's maintenance and repair record shows consistent attention to various issues, with multiple permits issued between 2019 and 2022 for various repairs and maintenance work, including electrical and wall repairs. The property has demonstrated compliance with annual bedbug reporting requirements, consistently reporting zero infested units since 2019, except for one instance in 2018 where an infestation was reported and subsequently eradicated.