953 Columbus Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10025

The 5-story, 10-unit old law tenement building at 953 Columbus Avenue, owned by Jay Silver and constructed in 1900, has experienced several maintenance issues in recent years, with the most significant cluster of problems occurring between September and December 2024. This period saw multiple failed inspection attempts regarding smoke detector safety, ceiling maintenance, appliance issues (including refrigerator and cabinet problems), plumbing concerns, and flooring conditions.

Notably, violations were issued in 2024 concerning a defective sink drain connection and window spring balancer in Apartment 1S, along with safety concerns includingmissing smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and a mice infestation in that same unit. The building's maintenance history reveals patterns of recurring maintenance challenges, particularly with ceiling surfaces (with violations in both 2023 and 2024), and an active boiler inspection violation from 2019 remains unresolved. Despite these issues, there have been no reported bedbug infestations in the past five years, as evidenced by the building's recent bedbug reports from 2023-2024 showing zero infested or re-infested units.

Rodent inspections have consistently passed in recent years, with all inspections since 2016 showing satisfactory results or bait application as necessary. While the building has experienced various maintenance issues requiring both emergency and non-emergency responses from the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), many of these complaints were either resolved without violation or required owners to correct specific conditions. The most recent housing maintenance code violations from 2024 were certified as corrected by November 2024, suggesting some responsiveness to addressing regulatory requirements, though notable access issues were encountered during multiple inspection attempts.