450 West 17th Street, Manhattan, NY 10011

450 West 17th Street is a 24-story, 469-unit residential building constructed in 2006, currently owned by Christopher Schmidt. The building has experienced recurring issues with pest control and maintenance, most notably throughout 2024 and early 2025, with multiple complaints regarding unsanitary conditions and pests. In 2024 alone, there were two separate complaints about pest-related issues (April and October), though the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) inspections found no violations.

The building has also had several maintenance issues requiring attention, including a plumbing problem with a toilet in September 2023 and multiple appliance and bathroom fixture complaints in August 2023, all of which were closed without violations being found. Safety features were a concern in 2023-2024, particularly in Apartment 316, where multiple violations were issued related to smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors, and various structural issues, though these were all certified as corrected by June 2024. The building's infrastructure has seen regular maintenance and inspection activity, with permits being issued consistently for various works since 2019, most recently in March 2023. There have been periodic complaints about heating and hot water issues, with significant complaints in March 2023 regarding building-wide problems, and earlier water leak issues reported in both 2022 and 2023.

The property has generally passed all rodent inspections conducted in 2024 and 2025, though there was a rodent-related complaint in May 2025 that did not result in any violations being found. While there have been multiple complaints about illegal hotel rooms in the building, these have typically been closed due to insufficient evidence or inability to locate the address. The management has demonstrated responsiveness to most maintenance issues, as evidenced by the consistent closure of complaints, though some persistence of problems is indicated by the repeated nature of similar issues over time. Bedbug reports show no infestations since 2020, with all previous cases being resolved.