39 Christopher Street, Manhattan, NY 10014

39 Christopher Street is a 6-story, 22-unit New Law Tenement building located in the West Village, built in 1908 and currently owned by Calynne Oyolokor. The building has experienced recurring heating system issues, particularly in late 2022, with multiple emergency complaints between October 30 and November 14 regarding lack of heat and hot water affecting the entire building.

While these problems were reportedly resolved, they represent a significant comfort concern for residents. More recently, in April 2023, two notable Housing Maintenance Code violations were documented: one Class C violation concerning defective vestibule doors on the first story, and one Class B violation related to a fire-retardant material issue with the east wall in the public hall. The vestibule door violation remains open as of the latest inspection.

The building's maintenance record shows some plumbing work in 2020 related to a bathtub/shower issue, though the HPD could not access the unit for inspection. On a positive note, the building has demonstrated good pest management, with no bedbug infestations reported in the past five years (2019-2024) according to the Bedbug Reporting system, and has passed all recent rodent inspections, including an August 2024 inspection that showed no active rodent issues, following several years of rodent activity concerns between 2021-2022. The property has maintained an active compliance history with rodent inspections, showing improvement over time with no violations in the most recent inspections.