31 West 12th Street, Manhattan, NY 10011

The 11-story, 23-unit Old Law Tenement building at 31 West 12th Street in Greenwich Village, owned by Patricia Vance, has experienced several significant maintenance and safety-related events over recent years. Most notably, there was an elevator safety violation in 2020 that resulted in a $1,250 penalty for multiple elevator issues including a non-working door zone restrictor, phone, and pit light, along with expired brake maintenance and fire extinguisher tags.

This violation was officially resolved, though there remains an active ECB violation related to failure to file a certificate of correction from 2018 with a $1,250 penalty. The building has maintained a good record regarding pest control, with no reported bedbug infestations in the past eight years and passing rodent inspections in 2016 and annually through 2025, including a most recent inspection in February 2025 that found no violations. The property has undergone various construction-related inspections, particularly between 2018-2019, with multiple citations regarding sidewalk shed and scaffolding issues, though most of these were resolved and did not result in ongoing penalties.

There was also a serious elevator incident reported in 2020 involving failure to provide alternate service during repairs, for which an OATH violation was served. While the building's inspection history shows regular payments of fines and the resolution of most violations, the active ECB violation regarding compliance with a previous commissioner's order from 2018 raises some concern about outstanding administrative requirements. The property has demonstrated consistent compliance with bedbug reporting requirements, showing no signs of infestations or necessitating eradication measures over the past several years.