684 Greenwich Street, Manhattan, NY 10014

684 Greenwich Street, a two-family house built in 1900 in Manhattan's West Village, has experienced persistent maintenance and safety issues over the past few years, particularly regarding building systems and structural integrity. Most recently, in April 2025, there was a heat and hot water emergency affecting the entire building. Between 2022 and 2023, the building faced recurring problems with water leaks, including multiple reports of slow leaks, and two separate emergency mold incidents in September 2023 which, while inspected by HPD, did not result in violations.

The building has also been subject to rodent activity, with several inspections between 2023 and 2024 indicating infestations despite achieving "Passed" status in August 2024. Significant violations were recorded in December 2021 concerning illegal transient use of Apartment 1 on the 2nd floor, which resulted in multiple safety concerns including inadequate means of egress, missing sprinkler systems, and absence of fire alarms. These violations, issued by the Environmental Control Board, were resolved with no penalties.

The building's maintenance history shows a pattern of heating system issues, with multiple heat/hot water complaints between 2022 and 2025, including one emergency complaint in February 2023 where inspectors could not gain access to verify the issue. Various housing maintenance code violations were addressed in 2023, including required repairs to address leak issues and mold. The property has maintained compliance with annual bedbug reporting requirements since 2018, consistently showing zero infested units. Recent building permits issued between 2018 and 2022 indicate ongoing maintenance and improvement work, though exact details of these improvements are not specified in the provided data.