229 West 15th Street, Manhattan, NY 10011

This five-story, 20-unit Old Law Tenement building located at 229 West 15th Street in Chelsea, built in 1901 and currently owned by Eve Robbins, has experienced several recurring maintenance issues over the past few years.

Most significantly, there are persistent Housing Maintenance Code violations related to bedbug reporting requirements, with open violations noted in 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021, indicating that the building has failed to submit the required annual bedbug reports to the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) as mandated under Section HMC. The building has also faced some challenges regarding rodent activity, with a report of rat activity recorded in October 2024, although it passed a compliance inspection in November 2024.

This recent rat activity represents the first documented rodent issue in over five years, as the building had consistent Passed results in all previous rodent inspections from 2019 back to 2010, suggesting that while building management has generally maintained good pest control practices, there is room for improvement in both rodent and bedbug management protocols. The building's age and historical classification as an Old Law Tenement are consistent with its 1901 construction date, and while the recent rodent activity and ongoing bedbug reporting violations are noteworthy, the property has maintained general compliance with most other health and safety requirements according to available records up to October 2023.