309 East 61st Street, Manhattan, NY 10065

The 20-unit, 5-story tenement building at 309 East 61st Street in the Upper East Side, owned by Nader Ohebshalom, has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues throughout 2025, with multiple 311 complaints filed in February and March reporting problems affecting both individual apartments and the entire building. While some of these complaints were eventually closed after HPD inspections confirmed restoration of services, others remain problematic, including an unresolved building-wide heat/hot water issue reported in March 2025.

The building has also faced various maintenance challenges, as evidenced by nine separate HPD complaints in February 2025, including issues with pests (resulting in violations), an electric/gas range problem, plumbing concerns, and problems with the bell/buzzer/intercom system. A December 2024 inspection of Apartment 2 revealed several violations, including problems with carbon monoxide detectors, lead-based paint hazards, peeling paint surfaces, and defective plastered areas, though most of these violations were subsequently marked as closed.

The property has a documented history of infrastructure concerns, including three Department of Buildings complaints in early 2024 regarding the boiler system and egress issues, though no violations were warranted at the time of inspection. An Environmental Control Board violation from 2018 noted defective mortar joints at the 4th and 5th floors causing water penetration problems. Despite these issues, the building has maintained a consistent record of passing rodent inspections from 2015 through 2019, and recent bedbug reports for 2023 and 2024 indicate no infestations, with the building consistently reporting zero infested dwelling units throughout the past several years.