343 West 12th Street, Manhattan, NY 10014

343 West 12th Street is a 5-story, 11-unit Old Law Tenement building located in the West Village, built in 1900 and currently owned by Ralph Westerhoff. The building has experienced several significant safety and maintenance issues in recent years, most notably two active ECB violations from March 2023 related to construction work, including unsafe conditions with falling debris and unauthorised structural modifications, with penalties totaling $7,500.

There are also two outstanding Housing Maintenance Code violations from 2021, concerning door hardware in Apartment 1B and a sealing issue with the cellar sprinkler system valve, though no bedbug infestations have been reported in any of the bedbug reporting periods from 2018-2025, and recent filings show zero infested or eradicated units. The building has undergone regular rodent inspections since 2011, all of which have passed, indicating no rodent issues.

Two previous violations regarding bedbug reporting compliance were issued in 2023 and 2024, though these appear to have been resolved based on subsequent filings. The Department of Buildings has received and investigated three complaints between 2019 and 2022, all of which were closed with no violations warranted at the time of inspection, including complaints about sidewalk sheds and construction work. While the building has maintained consistent compliance with rodent control measures and has not had any documented bedbug infestations in recent years, the current active ECB violations related to construction work represent the most pressing safety concerns on record for the property.