140 West 22nd Street, Manhattan, NY 10011

140 West 22nd Street is a 12-story, 51-unit residential building constructed in 1911 and currently owned by Anna Ochoa. The building has experienced several significant maintenance and compliance issues over the past five years.

Most notably, there are currently four active violations related to the failure to file required external low-pressure inspections for the years 2018-2021, plus a violation from 2020 for failure to file the 2017 boiler inspection report. The building has faced multiple safety concerns, including a defective boiler in 2021 (resulting in an Oath violation), elevator service issues in 2020, and a problematic sidewalk shed in 2022 that received a $2,400 penalty for inadequate pedestrian lighting. The property has also encountered compliance challenges, such as illegal hotel room use complaints (most recently in 2024) and unauthorized work complaints (2022), though these did not result in confirmed violations during inspections.

Three separate elevator, boiler, and pedestrian safety violations were issued between 2020 and 2022, with one notably involving non-compliant plastic exhaust vent piping. Despite these issues, the building has maintained a clean record for bedbug infestations and rodent inspections, passing all rodent inspections from 2016 to 2024 and reporting zero bedbug infestations in the last six annual filings. Recent permit activity includes a plumbing permit issued in February 2023, indicating ongoing maintenance work at the property.