307 East 81st Street, Manhattan, NY 10028

307 East 81st Street is a 7-story, 20-unit Old Law Tenement building located in the Upper East Side, constructed in 1910 and currently owned by David Eberhart. The building has experienced ongoing maintenance challenges over recent years, most notably with plumbing issues, as evidenced by a radiator-related complaint made in December 2022 that was investigated by HPD but resulted in no violations.

The property has also faced persistent rodent control challenges, with multiple inspections revealing rat activity in 2024 (both January and February) and a concerning pattern of infestations documented in 2019, despite the application of bait systems during March-April 2019. While there was one housing maintenance code violation recorded in February 2022 regarding an annual bedbug report filing requirement, this appears to have been resolved, and subsequent bedbug reports from 2022 through 2025 show no documented cases of infestation, eradication, or re-infestation, suggesting effective pest management in this regard.

The building's maintenance history presents a mixed picture, with some areas of improvement such as the consistent reporting of zero bedbug cases in recent years, though recent rodent activity suggests ongoing challenges in building maintenance and pest control. The property has maintained compliance with bedbug reporting requirements since the 2022 violation, and the most recent plumbing complaint from 2022-2023 was resolved with no violations noted. The repeated rodent activity findings in 2019, along with the recent 2024 inspections, indicate that while some systems are in place to address these issues (as evidenced by multiple bait applications in 2019), the building continues to experience challenges with pest management that may affect resident comfort.