461 West 43rd Street, Manhattan, NY 10036

461 West 43rd Street is a six-unit, four-story residential building located in Hell's Kitchen, currently owned by Rita Jakubowski and classified as a converted Class A building. The property, constructed in 1901, experienced significant heat and hot water system issues during the winter of 2019-2020, with multiple emergency complaints filed between December 2019 and February 2020, affecting both individual apartments and the entire building. While many of these complaints were resolved, some inspections were hampered by lack of access to units, and violations were not formally issued.

The building passed its most recent rodent inspection in October 2024, continuing a pattern of generally successful pest control inspections dating back to 2010, though a "Rat Activity" finding was recorded during a June 2018 inspection. A formal Housing Maintenance Code violation was issued in February 2022 concerning the filing of the annual bedbug report, though this appears to be an administrative matter. Importantly, the building has maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations over the past several years, with official filings from 2019 through 2024 reporting zero infested units or required treatments.

A Department of Buildings complaint regarding site conditions endangering workers was investigated in July 2018 but resulted in no violations. The building's heat and hot water system issues in early 2020 represent the most significant resident comfort concerns in recent history, though no similar complaints have been filed in the nearly five years since. The property had an earlier period of heating system challenges in the winter of 2019-2020, but this issue appears to have been resolved, with no recurring complaints in subsequent winters.