18 Charles Street, Manhattan, NY 10014

18 Charles Street, a three-story, 16-unit building in the West Village built in 1846 and owned by Magdalena Kosz, has experienced recurring pest control and sanitation issues over the past few years. The building, which has undergone classification as a HERETOFORE CONVERTED CLASS A property, has shown persistent problems with both rodent activity and garbage management. Most recently, in mid-2023, the building received multiple health department inspections regarding rodent conditions, with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene finding no violations in May 2023 but identifying rat activity in November 2022.

A notable current violation as of June 2023 pertains to inadequate garbage storage receptacles under § 27-2021 of the Administrative Code, which remains open as of July 2025. The property has demonstrated some progress in pest control, with inspections in 2024 and 2023 passing without violations, following a pattern of 2022 inspections that frequently noted rat activity. The building's bedbug history, while present between 2020-2022, shows no recorded infestations in the most recent annual reports (2023-2024), with all previously infested units listed as eradicated.

The building has maintained regular compliance inspections since 2021, though there was a period of increased rodent complaints in late 2021 through 2022. The property's service history shows a consistent pattern of unsanitary conditions related to garbage/recycling storage, with multiple complaints logged between 2022-2023, though most of these were closed without violations being issued, except for the current open violation mentioned earlier. Overall, while 18 Charles Street has made progress in addressing pest control issues since 2022, with more recent inspections generally passing without violations, the building continues to grapple with sanitation challenges, as evidenced by the current open violation regarding waste receptacle requirements. The frequency of compliant inspections and the absence of recent bedbug infestations suggest some improvement in overall maintenance standards, though the persistent nature of garbage-related complaints indicates ongoing management challenges.