161 East 107th Street, Manhattan, NY 10029

161 East 107th Street is a 4-story, 3-unit Old Law Tenement building in East Harlem, constructed in 1900 and currently owned by Arzoo Bhusri. The building has experienced several significant maintenance issues over recent years, with the most recent concerns in 2023 involving unsanitary conditions including pests, for which violations were issued in Apartment 3.

Historical maintenance issues include a heat and hot water outage in November 2020 (later resolved), and multiple failed access attempts for inspections related to cooking gas and appliance issues during the same period. A more serious pattern emerged in late 2020, when illegal gas line and plumbing installations were documented across various floors, leading to two $2,500 Environmental Control Board violations. The building has faced recurring compliance challenges, as evidenced by multiple illegal conversion complaints between 2020 and 2024, though inspections generally found no violations warranting enforcement.

Safety equipment maintenance has been an ongoing concern, with violations issued in 2023 for defective smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in Apartment 3, though these were certified as corrected by October 2023. The property has maintained a consistent record of passing rodent inspections since 2019, with the exception of a failed inspection in November 2021, and has demonstrated compliance with bedbug reporting requirements, showing zero infested units consistently from 2021 through 2024. While the building has numerous open violations from 2020 regarding required safety postings in common areas, including emergency equipment requirements and inspection certification displays, these appear to be administrative in nature rather than directly affecting resident safety.