533 East 83rd Street, Manhattan, NY 10028

The five-story, 15-unit tenement building at 533 East 83rd Street, owned by Hollywood Realty Associates LLC, has a documented history of maintenance challenges and recent compliance issues. The building, constructed in 1910, experienced a significant heat and hot water complaint in March 2021 affecting the entire building, for which Housing Preservation and Development could not gain access to investigate.

More concerning are the fire safety violations from 2022, which involved defective fire escape stairs at the third-floor level that required repair or replacement, though these violations were ultimately resolved. Additionally, there is currently an active violation as of June 2023 regarding the failure to file the 2018 external low pressure inspection, representing the only unaddressed building code issue on record. The building has undergone regular rodent inspections, with the most recent three (2022, 2023, and 2024) passing without incident, though there was documented rat activity in 2019 that resulted in multiple bait applications during that summer.

A singular rat sighting was reported in April 2019 through the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Notably, the building has maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations, with official reports from 2019 through 2024 consistently showing zero infested or re-infested units, and no eradications needed. The property has experienced various code-related issues over the years, including a general failure to maintain the building in 2022 that resulted in an OATH violation being served, though most past violations, including those pertaining to the fire escape, have been resolved.