230 West 16th Street, Manhattan, NY 10011

230 West 16th Street is a 5-story, 26-unit old law tenement building in Chelsea, constructed in 1900 and currently owned by Tockwotten Assoc, Inc. The building has experienced recurring issues with garbage/recycling storage, as evidenced by both recent (May 2025) and previous complaints (most recently in March 2024) regarding unsanitary conditions in this area. A notable incident occurred in October 2024 when there was a heat/hot water emergency affecting the entire building, though inspectors were unable to gain access for verification.

In 2024, ventilation issues were reported and addressed through a notice to the owner. The building has maintained a clean record regarding bedbugs, with no reported infestations or need for eradication in the past three years, and passed its most recent rodent inspection in November 2024, though it failed an initial rodent inspection in October 2024. The building's maintenance history shows periods of concern, including two Housing Maintenance Code violations from October 2024, related to self-closing door mechanisms in the first story entrance and vestibule.

While there were historic complaints about illegal hotel rooms and unauthorized after-hours work in late 2019, inspections found no violations at that time. The property has undergone regular rodent inspections, with consistently passing results prior to the recent failure in October 2024. The building has shown improvement in certain areas, with no reported issues of sewage or garbage conditions during inspections in 2023-2024, though the recurring nature of garbage/recycling storage problems suggests this remains a persistent concern. The property has maintained compliance with bedbug reporting requirements, consistently showing zero cases since 2021.