226 East 74th Street, Manhattan, NY 10021

226 East 74th Street is a 5-story, 34-unit residential building located in Manhattan's Upper East Side, built in 1920 and currently owned by Jeffrey Manocheran. The building has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues, with four documented complaints between 2022 and 2024, including both apartment-specific and building-wide outages.

While these complaints were ultimately resolved, they required multiple emergency interventions by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), with at least one incident in January 2024 closing without building access for inspection. The building underwent two Department of Buildings (DOB) violation cases between 2018-2022, though both were resolved and dismissed based on subsequent inspections showing corrections had been made. A brief incident in 2018 involved a report of potentially falling debris, but this was inspected and found to warrant no violations.

Notably, the building has maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations, with no reported cases in the past five years, and only one documented incident in 2019 that was promptly addressed and resolved. The property has consistently passed rodent inspections, with ten successful completions recorded between 2010 and 2019, indicating effective pest management practices. While the heat and hot water reliability remains a primary concern, the building has generally demonstrated compliance with other housing maintenance and safety requirements, with violations being addressed and resolved in a timely manner when they do occur.