436 East 76th Street, Manhattan, NY 10021

The 5-story, 19-unit tenement building at 436 East 76th Street, built in 1910 and currently owned by Moti Haber, has experienced several significant maintenance issues over the past year and a half (2023-2025). The most recent and recurring concerns involve radiator heating systems, with three emergency plumbing complaints filed in March 2025 that HPD inspectors were unable to verify due to lack of building access.

The building has also faced multiple electrical issues, including lighting problems (December 2024) and unauthorized electrical work, as evidenced by a $1,600 penalty in August 2023. Other notable issues include a lack of heat and hot water affecting the entire building in January 2025, multiple plumbing problems (including bathtub/shower issues), and various maintenance matters such as window frame defects, wall and ceiling plaster problems, and mold infestation. The property has two open Housing Maintenance Code Violations as of 2024-2025 related to apartment 9, including a broken window spring balance and defective plaster surfaces in the kitchen sink cabinet.

Significant work appears to have been done without proper permits in 2023, leading to multiple Environmental Control Board violations regarding unauthorized construction, plumbing, and electrical work in units 19, 11, and 3. The building's mechanical systems have had some documented issues, including a boiler complaint in December 2024 that was inspected but found to have no violations at the time. However, the building has maintained a generally good track record regarding pest control, with no reported bedbug cases in recent years and consistently passing rodent inspections from 2011 through 2019, though there was one instance of rat activity noted in 2012.