216 East 84th Street, Manhattan, NY 10028

The 5-story, 20-unit Old Law Tenement building at 216 East 84th Street, owned by Ben Ohebshalom and constructed in 1925, has experienced several significant maintenance issues over recent years. Most notably, between November 2021 and January 2022, multiple emergency complaints were filed regarding safety concerns with smoke detectors, unsanitary conditions including mold, and heavy water leaks, though HPD was unable to gain access for inspections at that time.

The building has a documented history of heating and hot water system problems, particularly during 2019, when multiple complaints were filed for both apartment-specific and entire building issues, with similar access issues noted in the HPD responses. More recent activities include a September 2023 elevator violation for "Single Device on Property/No Alternate Service" that resulted in an Oath Violation Served, and a March 2023 environmental violation regarding hoist machine maintenance and fire safety.

The building underwent several significant construction-related inspections in 2019, revealing multiple safety compliance issues, though most were ultimately resolved without substantial penalties. On a positive note, the building's bedbug reporting history shows consistent documentation with zero infestations reported since 2019, and rodent inspections from 2016 through 2025 have consistently passed. The most recent bedbug filings for 2023-2024 show no reported infestations, and the building has maintained active compliance with housing maintenance code requirements for bedbug reporting in recent years, though there were two violations noted in 2022 and 2023 for failure to file annual reports.