207 East 88th Street, Manhattan, NY 10128

207 East 88th Street is a five-story, 20-unit Old Law Tenement building located in the Upper East Side, built in 1920 and currently owned by Charles Epstein. The most pressing issue facing the building in recent months has been a series of heat and hot water-related complaints, with nine emergency complaints filed between December 2024 and February 2025.

These complaints, affecting both individual apartments and the entire building, frequently resulted in HPD being unable to gain access to units for proper inspection, though some complaints were marked as duplicates of ongoing building-wide issues. Despite these recurring concerns, the building has maintained a clean record for bedbug infestations, with no reported cases in the past seven years, and consistently passed rodent inspections, with the most recent passing inspection occurring in May 2025.

The building's maintenance history shows two notable violations from November 2022 regarding door self-closing mechanisms at the first-story entrance and vestibule doors, though these were subsequently closed. While the recent heat and hot water issues represent a significant pattern of resident discomfort, it's worth noting that all other systems, including pest control and rodent management, have been effectively maintained. The building's Heat/HW complaints frequently resulted in HPD inspections being performed under emergency classification, though access issues hindered resolution in several instances, and many complaints were recorded as duplicates of other tenants' concerns, suggesting some level of communication among residents about these persistent issues.