211 East 86th Street, Manhattan, NY 10028

The 12-unit, 5-story tenement building at 211 East 86th Street, owned by Leonard Zangas, has experienced several significant issues in recent years, particularly regarding basic services. Most notably, there has been a recurring pattern of heat and hot water complaints throughout 2023 and early 2024, with eight building-wide complaints filed between February 2023 and January 2024, all marked as emergency cases.

While the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) investigated some of these complaints, access to units for inspection was frequently denied. In 2024, new structural concerns emerged, with three complaints filed regarding building shaking and vibration in April 2024, leading to an Oath Violation being served. More concerning is an active Environmental Control Board (ECB) violation issued on April 18, 2024, related to the building's exterior walls, specifically concerning missing bricks and mortar at the parapet level, with a penalty of $6,250 imposed.

The building has maintained a consistent record of pest control success, with no bedbug infestations reported in the past seven years and passed rodent inspections in 2021, 2013, and 2022, despite initial rat activity noted in November 2022. Earlier complaints from 2018-2019 regarding ventilation issues were also logged, though access was denied for inspection. A plumbing issue related to water supply was addressed over a two-month period from June to August 2023, but no violations were found upon inspection.