319 East 85th Street, Manhattan, NY 10028

319 East 85th Street is a 4-story, 8-unit Old Law Tenement building constructed in 1920 and currently owned by John Trivino. The building has experienced recurring heating and hot water issues over the past two years, with multiple complaints filed between December 2024 and February 2025, affecting both individual apartments and the entire building.

While most of these complaints have been closed after inspections or phone confirmations of repairs, they indicate an ongoing maintenance challenge. The building has also faced rodent activity concerns, with Department of Health inspections in 2024 showing rat sightings in March and October, though subsequent inspections in November and December 2024 showed improved conditions. The property has a history of various maintenance issues, including three separate complaints in January 2020 regarding building shaking, illegal hotel rooms, and multiple housing maintenance violations.

These led to ECB violations for facade maintenance, with penalties imposed for issues such as hairline surface cracks on the front facade between the 2nd and 3rd floors, and problems with improperly supported air conditioning units. However, the building has maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations, with all annual reports since 2019 showing zero infested units. Recent inspections in 2024 have generally passed, indicating some improvement in management response to building conditions, though the recent cluster of heating issues suggests ongoing challenges with building systems maintenance.