318 East 116th Street, Manhattan, NY 10029

The 5-story, 8-unit tenement building at 318 East 116th Street in East Harlem, owned by Gretchen Buchenholz and constructed in 1910, has experienced several significant maintenance issues in recent years. Most notably, between December 2023 and May 2024, there were multiple emergency plumbing incidents and safety concerns related to carbon monoxide and smoke detectors. The building has also had recurring water supply issues, with four plumbing-related complaints recorded in the same period.

In 2022, there was a heat and hot water outage that required HPD intervention, though services were reportedly restored promptly. The property has undergone various inspections and faced multiple violations, particularly in 2019 when numerous issues were documented in apartment 3N, including problems with fire escape access, kitchen appliances, and interior surfaces. While these violations were later closed, they indicate previous concerns with unit maintenance.

More recently, in 2025, the building passed its rodent inspection, though there have been multiple instances of rat activity noted between 2022 and 2024, with the most recent inspections showing improved conditions. The building's bedbug reporting records from 2021 through 2025 indicate no infestation cases, and all required annual reports have been filed as of 2025. A potential concern was a DOB violation in 2019 regarding failure to file an annual boiler inspection report, though this was eventually dismissed. The property has maintained generally good tracking of both rodent inspections and bedbug reporting requirements, with the most recent bedbug report showing zero infested units.