234 West 21st Street, Manhattan, NY 10011

234 West 21st Street is a 7-story, 35-unit old law tenement building constructed in 1913, currently owned by Cal Austin. The building has experienced recurring issues with heat and hot water systems, with multiple building-wide complaints documented through 2023-2025, including an emergency heat/hot water complaint as recent as February 2025. Water-related issues have also been persistent, with several complaints about leaks recorded between 2022 and 2024, including an important open violation from December 2023 regarding water leaks affecting the north and west walls at the 7th-story bulkhead.

This building has some significant open violations as of 2025, including the need to repair roof leaks over the bulkhead's ceiling and address fire retardant material issues in the public hall stairs. The building's maintenance record shows a pattern of unaddressed infrastructure problems, as evidenced by multiple complaints about heat and water issues where HPD was unable to gain access to complete inspections. More recent inspections have shown some improvement, with rodent inspections passing consistently from 2022 onward, though there was one failed result in June 2023.

The building has maintained a clean bedbug record in recent years, with all reports indicating zero infested units since 2019. While there have been numerous violations related to building maintenance requirements, including some concerning fire safety measures in stairwells, many older violations have been resolved, though a recent 2024 violation regarding failure to file an external low-pressure inspection remains active. The property had several permits issued in early 2019 for work classified as electrical and plumbing, though details of their completion are not specified in the provided data.