49 East 86th Street, Manhattan, NY 10028

49 East 86th Street is a 17-story residential building constructed in 1930, containing 47 units and currently owned by Christopher Eisler. The building has experienced several significant maintenance and compliance issues in recent years, most notably relating to rodent infestations, heating system failures, and scaffolding violations. Between 2019 and 2022, there were multiple reports of rodent activity, with inspections showing both pass and fail results in 2022, and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene finding violations requiring follow-up inspections.

A heating and hot water outage was reported in late 2021, though it was initially resolved according to HPD records. The building has undergone several construction projects requiring permits, with work documented between 2019 and 2020, including exterior work and cooling tower maintenance. More recently, in 2023-2024, the building has faced various safety and compliance issues, particularly concerning construction safety and scaffolding.

Several stop work orders were issued and subsequently rescinded in 2023, with Xinos Construction Corp receiving multiple ECB violations for improper scaffold installation that same year. The building's energy efficiency reporting has shown consistent failures to submit required documents between 2019-2022, though recent filings appear to have been accepted. Notably, there have been no reported bedbug infestations in the past five years, and the most recent cooling tower inspections in 2020 showed no health code violations. The building's management has received multiple citations regarding pedestrian safety and scaffolding compliance, with penalties imposed for safety violations, though these have been resolved through various means.