234 East 82nd Street, Manhattan, NY 10028

234 East 82nd Street is a 5-story, 20-unit Old Law Tenement building constructed in 1910 and currently owned by Jon Pokoik. The building has experienced persistent rodent-related issues throughout 2025, with multiple 311 complaints and inspections confirming rat activity in March through July 2025, representing a significant ongoing public health concern.

These recent rodent problems follow a pattern of similar issues recorded since 2021. The property has also faced mechanical challenges, as evidenced by a 2024 violation related to a defective boiler system, including safety concerns such as exposed wiring, a defective steam gauge, and missing safety components, for which a penalty of $655 was imposed. Additional historical issues include a heat and hot water outage affecting the entire building in late 2022, though this was reportedly resolved within a few days, and a water supply plumbing issue in 2020 that was also investigated and closed without violations.

The building's management has maintained regular bedbug reporting compliance since 2019, with no reported infestations or re-infestations in any of the annual reports through 2024, though violations for failing to file the annual report were noted in 2022 and 2023. In late 2022, several safety violations were recorded regarding self-closing doors at the building's front entrance, though these issues were subsequently addressed. While the property has passed various routine inspections, the repeated rodent activity and recent boiler concerns represent the most significant ongoing maintenance challenges facing the building as of July 2025.