342 East 85th Street, Manhattan, NY 10028

342 East 85th Street is a 6-story, 16-unit New Law Tenement building constructed in 1920 and currently owned by Ramiel Benyehuda. The building has experienced significant and recurring maintenance issues, particularly with heating systems and rodent infestations. Between late 2024 and mid-2025, there were multiple complaints and violations concerning lack of heat and hot water, with at least eight emergency complaints reported through HPD, including four on February 3 and 19, 2025, alone.

Inspection attempts during this period often resulted in access issues. More recently, the building has faced persistent rodent problems, with three rat sightings reported in the first half of 2025 alone, leading to multiple inspections that confirmed rat activity, most notably during inspections in June 2025 and repeated observations from January to July 2025. The building's maintenance history shows some infrastructure work was performed between 2019 and 2021, with several permits issued for plumbing and electrical work.

Previous violations included issues with a defective fire retardant wall, an air valve leak at the first-story radiator, and various maintenance requirements in the public hall. Notably, the building has maintained a clean record for bedbug infestations in recent years, with all annual reports between 2019 and 2025 showing zero infested or eradicated units. The most recent inspection results from March 2023 showed no active bedbug infestations, and while there was one minor violation regarding annual bedbug reporting in 2022, this was subsequently resolved.