535 East 78th Street, Manhattan, NY 10075

535 East 78th Street is a 6-story, 100-unit residential building constructed in 1909, currently owned by 78/79 York Associates LLC. The property has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues, with multiple tenant complaints documented between 2020-2022, including building-wide outages in October 2022 and January 2022, and several apartment-specific incidents in 2021. There are notable safety and maintenance concerns, particularly in apartment 3F, including open violations from January 2021 related to defective smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, water leakage, and damaged ceiling surfaces.

Additional issues were documented in 2021 regarding electrical components and fire escape obstruction, though most violations have been closed. The building's systems have undergone some inspections - notably, rodent inspections from 2010-2019 consistently passed, and pest management records from 2018-2024 show no reported bedbug infestations. A significant outstanding concern is an active violation from May 2019 regarding the failure to file an energy benchmarking report.

The property has maintained regular compliance with pest control measures, as evidenced by passing rodent inspections and consistent bedbug reporting of zero infestations from 2018 to present. Recent inspection records from 2019-2020 indicate no serious building code violations were found during inspections related to egress, special operations, and permit compliance. While historical data shows various maintenance issues, many have been addressed or closed through appropriate procedures. The building's most pressing current concerns appear to center around the persistent heat/hot water system issues and the previously mentioned safety violations in apartment 3F, though some of these conditions were previously documented as having been corrected.