71 8th Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10014

A historic four-story building located at 71 8th Avenue in the West Village, this 1833 structure contains six residential units and is currently owned by Paul Goldenberg. The property has experienced several notable events regarding maintenance and inspections in recent years. Most significantly, there was a building-wide heat and hot water emergency in March 2024 that required intervention from the Department of Housing Preservation and Development.

The building currently has two active violations from 2019 and 2023 related to failure to file external low pressure and boiler inspection reports, respectively. However, more recent inspections have shown improvements, with the most recent rodent inspection in September 2024 passing, following a pattern of generally successful rodent inspections over the years, with only one instance of rat activity recorded in May 2023. The property has maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations, with all annual bedbug reports from 2019 through 2025 showing zero infested units, zero eradicated units, and zero re-infested units.

Housing Maintenance Code violations regarding bedbug reporting requirements were noted in 2021, 2022, and 2023, each requiring the building to file annual bedbug reports as per HPD rules. A permit for emergency work was issued in September 2018, though the specific nature of the work is not detailed in the available records. The building's age and history are evident in its "NEW LAW TENEMENT" classification, and while there have been various maintenance issues over the years, the recent trend shows generally consistent compliance with health and safety requirements, particularly in terms of pest management.