148 West 17th Street, Manhattan, NY 10011
The 5-story, 13-unit old law tenement building at 148 West 17th Street in Chelsea, currently owned by The Shelly & Donald Rubin Cultural Trust, has experienced several notable housing quality issues over the past decade. The building has had three documented pest-related complaints in recent years, with the latest service request in 2022 remaining unresolved due to inspection access issues, while earlier complaints in 2020 were investigated without violations being found.
There has been an ongoing requirement for the building to file annual bedbug reports according to Housing Maintenance Code § HMC, with open violations noted as recently as April 2024, though previous years' obligations from 2021-2023 were marked as closed. The property has maintained a solid track record regarding rodent inspections, passing all eight inspections conducted between 2010 and 2024, including the most recent one in October 2024.
In 2025, a complaint regarding blocked egress was filed and subsequently investigated, with no violations found at the time of inspection. The building has also had one permit issued in February 2019 related to plumbing work (Job #122781659). While there have been periodic issues with pests and paperwork compliance, the building has generally passed routine inspections and maintained its structural requirements, with no major safety violations recorded through the available data period.
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Building Characteristics
Total units | 13 |
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Year built | 1915 |
Total area | 8675 sq ft |
Floors | 5 |
Tax Abatements | None |
Building Class | OLD LAW TENEMENT |

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