43 Adrian Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10463

The 24-unit, 5-story residential building at 43 Adrian Avenue in Marble Hill, owned by Nikitas Drakotos, has experienced several recurring maintenance issues over recent years. Most notably, there have been multiple complaints in 2025 and late 2024 regarding unsanitary conditions related to garbage and recycling storage, with four separate complaints between March and June 2025 alone, though inspections found no housing law violations. Heating and hot water issues were reported in late 2024 and early 2025, with HPD unable to gain access for inspections.

More concerning are the open violations in apartment 3E, documented in September 2024, which include water leaks in the kitchen and a bedroom, defective carbon monoxide and smoke detectors, various repair needs including plaster and flooring issues, and an improper fire escape lock. The building has had ongoing regulatory compliance issues, with six active violations related to the failure to file annual external low-pressure inspection reports between 2018 and 2023. In 2021, there were multiple Environmental Control Board violations for non-compliance with commissioner's orders, though those were ultimately dismissed.

There have been three separate illegal conversion complaints from 2020 through 2023, with varying outcomes including "Oath Violation Served" in 2021, though no definitive violations were recorded during the 2021-2023 inspections. The building's history shows occasional issues with pests, though recent bedbug reports (2021-2024) show zero infestations. Rodent inspections conducted in recent years have generally passed, with only one failure noted in 2010.