320 East 77th Street, Manhattan, NY 10075

320 East 77th Street is a 4-story, 5-unit Old Law Tenement building located in Manhattan's Upper East Side and built in 1920. The building has experienced recurring heating and hot water issues, with four separate complaints between October 2022 and December 2022, three of which were for entire building outages. The most recent service request in February 2023 involved a plumbing/water supply issue that was inspected by HPD with no violations found.

Currently, there are open violations from 2021-2024 regarding the failure to file annual bedbug reports as required by Housing Maintenance Code. Significant historical concerns include a cluster of complaints in 2019 regarding illegal hotel room operations, leading to multiple violations involving safety concerns such as lack of proper egress, sprinkler systems, and fire alarms for transient use on the third floor rear apartment. These issues were formally resolved through Environmental Control Board penalties against PAJ Realty Corp, though one related violation regarding defacing a vacate order remains active with a $2,500 fine.

The building also had a documented rat sighting in April 2022, and while inspections from 2010-2019 showed consistent passing results for rodent inspections, the repeated inability of inspectors to gain access during multiple investigations (most recently in 2023) raises concerns about maintenance access. The property has a history of violations related to environmental controls, including an Illegal Conversion violation in 2019, though records show these were resolved. Multiple police incidents have occurred in recent years, including a 2023 arrest for possession of narcotics with intent to distribute, and a 2023 domestic incident, suggesting some level of security and safety concerns at the property.