328 Pleasant Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10035

328 Pleasant Avenue is a 5-story, 4-unit converted old law tenement building in East Harlem, owned by Alex Abreu and constructed in 1900. The building has experienced several significant maintenance and safety issues in recent years, with the most pressing concerns emerging in 2024. Notably, there is an active ECB violation from May 2024 regarding potentially hazardous decorative brownstones above the third-floor windows that have collapsed onto the sidewalk, along with other building deterioration issues.

The building is currently under structural monitoring, and there were complaints about building shaking and support issues in May 2024. Additionally, there are multiple active violations related to the boiler system, including improper registration and maintenance issues from May 2023. The building has a pattern of maintenance issues requiring attention, as evidenced by numerous HPD service requests in early 2024 covering various concerns such as carbon monoxide detector status, flooring conditions, electrical issues, wall conditions, and pest problems - though inspections typically resulted in no violations or confirmed corrections. Historical records show serious heating and hot water problems in March 2020 that affected the entire building and resulted in violations, particularly impacting apartment 2A.

The building's management has been consistent in filing annual bedbug reports showing no confirmed infestations, and recent rodent inspections have mostly passed, with only one failed inspection in December 2023. The property has shown some improvement in recent years, with multiple recent rodent inspections passing and bedbug reports showing no occurrences. The building has also faced various procedural violations in the past two years, including failures to post required gas leak procedures and building registration numbers in 2023. While many complaints and violations have been addressed or closed, the most concerning active issues relate to the building's structural elements and boiler system, as well as the recent history of safety-related complaints about building shaking and monitoring requirements.