79 Bedford Street, Manhattan, NY 10014

79 Bedford Street is a 6-story, 36-unit Class A multiple dwelling built in 1953 and owned by Alen Bitrovic, located in Manhattan's West Village neighborhood. The building has experienced several significant maintenance and safety concerns in recent years. Most notably, there were heat and hot water complaints in October 2023 affecting the entire building, though inspection access was not granted to HPD.

The Department of Buildings issued two critical violations in October 2024 regarding removed fire-stopping materials in apartment 3F, which created potential hazards for adjacent units, though one of these violations had a $5,000 penalty associated with it. The building is currently showing active violations for failure to file external low-pressure inspections for 2022 and 2023. The property has a documented history of rodent issues, with varying inspection results between 2018 and 2024, including rat activity reported in August 2022 and September 2023, though more recent inspections in July 2024 and earlier passed.

Multiple Housing Maintenance Code violations from August 2022 remain open, primarily related to required safety postings and notifications in common areas, including notices about smoke detector requirements, carbon monoxide detection, and heating system access. The building's elevator system has been the subject of violations and inspections, with two previous violations from 2020 and 2021 having been resolved. Interestingly, the building has maintained a clear record of bedbug issues, with no reported infested units in the last five years of required reporting. While there have been several complaints about exterior lighting from a parking lot in 2025, inspections determined no violations were warranted.