75 West 68th Street, Manhattan, NY 10023

75 West 68th Street is a 5-story, 10-unit Old Law Tenement building located in the Upper West Side and owned by John McCarthy. The building, constructed in 1894, has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues between December 2024 and January 2025, with multiple complaints filed for both apartment-specific and entire-building problems, though most were resolved upon HPD's contact with residents. A violation was issued in January 2024 regarding excessively hot water (over 130 degrees) in apartment 2R, along with an open violation for inadequate access to the heating system.

The building had several Department of Buildings violations related to the failure to file required annual boiler and external low-pressure inspections between 2019 and 2023, though these were ultimately dismissed in December 2024. More recently, the building has faced some challenges with safety compliance, including a smoking-related complaint in April 2025 (though this was not directly related to the building's habitability). The property underwent rodent inspections showing varying results between 2020 and 2025, with rat activity noted in 2020 and February 2024, though most recent inspections in 2024-2025 passed.

The building's bedbug reports from 2021 through 2024 show no recorded infestations. In terms of building maintenance, several violations were recorded in 2022 regarding self-closing doors and heating system access, all of which have been closed. A permit for plumbing work was issued in January 2019, though the specific nature of the work is not detailed in the records.