161 East 79th Street, Manhattan, NY 10075

161 East 79th Street is a 12-story, 24-unit New Law tenement building constructed in 1915, currently owned by Curtis Robb. The building has experienced significant facade-related issues over the past several years, with multiple active violations from 2018 through 2021 regarding exterior maintenance and compliance with facade inspection requirements.

These violations include failure to maintain the building facade and appurtenances (with specific mentions of a damaged metal cornice), failure to post required exterior wall condition certificates, and non-compliance with facade inspection reporting requirements, with associated penalties totaling $8,250. While most of these violations remain active as of the latest 2023 data, the building has shown consistent attention to pest control matters, with no reported bedbug infestations in the past seven years (2019-2025) and passed rodent inspections throughout 2016-2019, despite one instance of rat activity noted in September 2016. The building has maintained relatively good overall compliance in recent years, with all bedbug reports showing no infestation history between 2019-2025 and multiple passed rodent inspections.

Recent permits issued in 2022 and 2019 indicate ongoing maintenance and repairs, though the active facade-related violations suggest some ongoing challenges with exterior maintenance compliance. Notably, there was one Department of Buildings complaint in 2019 regarding excessive debris, which resulted in an inspection that found no violations at that time. The building's history of elevator-related issues appears to have been resolved, with a violation for failure to file a 2017 inspection/test being dismissed in October 2019, and subsequent elevator permits issued.