242 West 4th Street, Manhattan, NY 10014

The five-story, 11-unit tenement building at 242 West 4th Street in the West Village, owned by Vincent Pacifico, has experienced several significant maintenance issues since 2021. Most recently, in February 2024, there was a heat and hot water complaint affecting the entire building, though inspectors from the Department of Housing Preservation and Development were unable to gain access for verification. In November 2019, a violation was issued for failure to file the 2017 boiler inspection report, which was dismissed with a $1,000 penalty paid.

The building has maintained a clean bedbug record over the past four years (2019-2024), with no reported infestations or eradications in any of the annual filings. The property has undergone regular rodent inspections, with the most recent three (2023-2025) showing no violations. However, during 2022, there were multiple instances of rat activity (January, February, and April), before passing subsequent inspections.

A bedbug reporting violation was noted in April 2021, though this appears to be an isolated incident as subsequent years show full compliance with no reported issues. A Department of Buildings enforcement complaint was filed in February 2023 but resulted in no violations being found upon inspection. While there have been several documented complaints and violations, the building has demonstrated consistent efforts to address and resolve these issues, maintaining basic compliance with housing maintenance codes and passing recent rodent inspections.