347 East 78th Street, Manhattan, NY 10075

347 East 78th Street is a 5-story, 17-unit Old Law Tenement building located in Manhattan's Upper East Side, owned by Pilar Spraggins and constructed in 1910. The building has experienced recurring rodent issues, with rat sightings reported in April 2025 and August 2023, though inspections have shown mixed results regarding violations - with the most recent April 2025 inspection confirming rat activity.

The property has maintained a consistent record of compliance with bedbug reporting requirements from 2018 through 2024, showing zero infested units during this entire period. The building has faced notable infrastructure challenges in recent years, including a heat and hot water emergency affecting the entire building in January 2022, which was reportedly resolved quickly, and a power outage in the same month that was also investigated with no violations found. A mailbox-related issue was reported in October 2023 and closed in June 2024 without violations.

Importantly, while the property has had three documented rat sightings since 2021 (2021, 2023, and 2025), the building had previously passed multiple rodent inspections between 2017 and 2019, suggesting varying conditions over time. Most recently, an April 2024 Housing Maintenance Code violation was issued regarding the failure to file the annual bedbug report, though this appears to have been resolved thereafter. The building's overall record shows regular inspections and responsive management to various maintenance issues, though the recurring nature of some complaints, particularly regarding rodents, is noteworthy.