31 West 17th Street, Manhattan, NY 10011

31 West 17th Street is a 21-story, 11-unit residential building constructed in 2005 and currently owned by Joe Hakimian. The building has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues, with the most recent incident occurring in January 2023, and four separate incidents in January 2019 that affected both individual apartments and the entire building.

Maintenance records show persistent non-compliance with various housing codes, including a pattern of failing to file annual bedbug reports between 2020 and 2023, and multiple violations for not submitting required benchmarking reports and FISP Cycle 9A technical reports between 2019 and 2022. The building underwent several inspections between 2010 and 2018 that revealed various safety compliance issues, notably regarding carbon monoxide detector requirements, smoke detector requirements, and building security measures, all of which were subsequently addressed. More recent records indicate improved conditions, with no reported bedbug infestations between 2019-2024, and successful rodent inspections completed in 2010, 2011, and 2012 showing good conditions.

The building's environmental compliance has seen some penalties, such as a $1,250 fine in 2022 related to exterior wall inspections, though earlier violations regarding energy use benchmarking were dismissed in 2023. A complete sweep inspection in August 2023 found no violations. The property's inspection history suggests that while there have been various maintenance and compliance issues over the years, many of these have been resolved, particularly in the last few years, with recent filings showing no current infestations or significant violations.