323 East 85th Street, Manhattan, NY 10028

323 East 85th Street is a 5-story, 20-unit old law tenement building located in Manhattan's Upper East Side neighborhood, owned by John Ventura and constructed in 1910. The building has experienced recurring rodent issues, with the most recent incidents showing a pattern of alternating between rat activity and passing inspections.

In late 2024 and early 2025, the building had reported rat activity during inspections on December 16, 2024, and October 16, 2023, though it passed inspections in September 2023 and January 2025. An Environmental Control Board violation was issued in August 2023 regarding a window A/C unit on the 4th floor that was missing support brackets, though this violation was resolved with no penalties imposed. The building has maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations over the past seven reporting periods from 2019 through 2024, with all reports showing zero infested or eradicated units and no re-infestations.

The property has undergone regular rodent inspections, with all but two of the past ten inspections since 2019 resulting in passing grades. The building's most recent 311 complaint related to a rodent sighting in September 2023 resulted in an inspection by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, which found no violations. While the property has experienced intermittent rodent activity as noted in some inspections, the overall pattern of inspections, bedbug reports, and the resolution of the window A/C violation suggests ongoing maintenance and compliance efforts by management.