336 East 61st Street, Manhattan, NY 10065

336 East 61st Street is a 5-story, 14-unit Old Law Tenement building constructed in 1910, currently owned by Robert Ast. The building has experienced persistent heat and hot water issues, with multiple emergency complaints filed between 2023 and 2025 affecting both the entire building and individual apartments.

Most recently, in January 2025, there was a verified heat/hot water issue affecting the entire building. The building has also faced maintenance challenges in 2024-2025, including violations related to locked boiler room access and inadequate hot water in multiple apartments, particularly affecting units 1 and 4. The property has undergone several inspections and received various violations over the past few years, including issues with hot water temperatures exceeding 130 degrees Fahrenheit in Apartment 3 (April 2023) and problems with carbon monoxide detector and smoke detector compliance in the same unit.

There were also multiple reports of unsanitary conditions and pests in 2023, though some complaints were closed without violations being issued upon inspection. Additionally, there have been repeated complaints regarding potential illegal hotel room activities between 2022-2023, though inspectors were unable to gain access during their attempts to verify these claims. While the building's recent bedbug reports (2022-2024) show zero infested units, and rodent inspections have generally passed in recent years, there have been some instances of rat activity noted during inspections between 2018-2023.