315 East 81st Street, Manhattan, NY 10028

315 East 81st Street is a 5-story, 20-unit old law tenement building located on Manhattan's Upper East Side, constructed in 1910 and currently owned by David Eberhart. The building has experienced recurring issues with heat and hot water, particularly during 2021-2022, with multiple emergency complaints filed between March 2021 and January 2022, though most of these were resolved quickly, often within one or two days of reporting. More recently, there was a documented slow water leak from February 2022 to June 2023, which was investigated by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) without resulting in violations.

The property has a significant history of rodent-related concerns, particularly in 2020, with numerous rat sightings reported between December 2019 and May 2020, resulting in multiple inspections and the application of bait in February 2020. Compliance inspections during this period consistently indicated rat activity. While more recent inspections in 2021 and 2022 did note rat activity, these were addressed through appropriate remediation measures.

The building's bedbug reports from 2021 through 2024 show no documented infestations, with all annual reports indicating zero infested units and successful eradication. Most recently, in June 2025, there was a complaint about work being performed without a permit in the occupied multiple dwelling, though this was investigated and found to warrant no violations. The property also had one minor Housing Maintenance Code violation in 2022 regarding the annual bedbug report filing, though this appears to have been an administrative oversight rather than a reflection of current conditions.