445 East 78th Street, Manhattan, NY 10075

445 East 78th Street is a 5-story, 13-unit old law tenement building located on the Upper East Side and owned by Justin Hollander. Built in 1910, the building has experienced recurring heating and hot water issues, with multiple emergency complaints filed in both 2019 and 2021, affecting both the entire building and individual apartments. The most significant cluster of problems occurred in September 2021, when multiple complaints about cooking gas and heat/hot water issues were reported, resulting in several violations including inadequate gas supply to kitchen fixtures in Apartment 3A and multiple building-wide cooking gas complaints.

The building also faced maintenance challenges in 2021, with violations noted for fire retardant materials and ceiling paint in the first-story public hall, and a violation was issued for failure to file the annual bedbug report. While previous bedbug infestations were reported in 2019 (affecting 2 units), subsequent annual filings from 2020 to 2024 indicate no infestations. The property's rodent inspections show a generally good track record, passing inspections in 2016-2021, although a January 2022 inspection noted rat activity.

The building experienced an earlier spike in maintenance issues in 2019, with three separate heat/hot water complaints in January of that year, though all were closed with indications that services were restored. The most recent violations from 2021 regarding building maintenance and systems were eventually closed, though several took significant time to resolve. The building's maintenance history shows periodic infrastructure challenges, particularly related to basic services like heating and hot water, which appear to be the most common source of tenant complaints.