419 East 70th Street, Manhattan, NY 10021

419 East 70th Street is a 5-story, 8-unit old law tenement building located in New York City's Upper East Side, owned by Slavik Gofman and constructed in 1900. The property has experienced recurring heat and hot water system issues, with multiple complaints documented between 2023 and 2025, most notably a cluster of seven emergency complaints in late 2023 and 2024 regarding building-wide heat and hot water failures. While some of these complaints were resolved or closed after restoration was confirmed, the persistence of such issues suggests an ongoing challenge with the building's utility systems.

The building currently has an open HPD complaint from April 2025 regarding mailbox issues, and several open violations from 2023 relating to maintenance concerns in apartment 5E, including defective plastered surfaces in the bathroom and hot water problems. Historical records show a defective boiler situation in 2021 that resulted in a violation, though most other complaints have been promptly addressed. The building has maintained a consistent record of rodent control success, passing annual inspections since 2010, and has had no documented bedbug infestations in recent years, with reports from 2020 through 2024 indicating zero infested or re-infested units.

Several permit applications were issued between 2020-2021 for work including alteration and emergency work. The property underwent various maintenance inspections in 2022-2023, revealing issues such as a locked boiler room access, heating system access problems, and a non-compliant vestibule door, with some violations subsequently closed. While the building has generally passed health inspections and maintained up-to-date bedbug reporting, the recurring heat and hot water problems represent the most significant ongoing maintenance challenge.