1739 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10029

1739 Lexington Avenue is a 4-story, 10-unit residential tenement building located in East Harlem, constructed in 1910 and currently owned by Youngik Yoon. The building has a significant history of bedbug reporting violations, with four consecutive years (2021-2024) receiving violations for failing to file annual bedbug reports in accordance with HPD rules, though these violations have since been closed.

The bedbug monitoring records for the most recent three years (2022-2024) show no instances of infestation, eradication, or re-infestation, indicating successful management of this pest issue despite the prior violations. The building has experienced three separate complaints regarding illegal hotel rooms in residential buildings between 2023-2024, all of which resulted in inspectors being unable to gain access for verification despite multiple attempts.

Rodent inspections present a mixed picture: while the most recent April 2025 inspection passed, there was an initial rat activity report in March 2025, and most recent rodent inspections generally show compliance, with several passing results between 2022 and 2024, except for a rat activity notice in 2025. The building's management has demonstrated improvement in its bedbug management practices, as evidenced by the lack of recent infestations, though the recurring bedbug report violations and recent rat activity incident in 2025 warrant attention.