67 West 68th Street, Manhattan, NY 10023

67 West 68th Street is a 5-story, 11-unit residential building located in Manhattan's Upper West Side neighborhood, constructed in 1894 and currently owned by Theresa Veltri. The building has experienced several significant maintenance issues in recent years, most notably a heat and hot water outage affecting the entire building in June 2021, which required intervention from both HPD and the Housing Maintenance Code but could not be properly investigated due to access issues. The property has also faced recurring administrative challenges, with three separate Housing Maintenance Code Violations issued between 2021 and 2023 regarding the failure to file annual bedbug reports as required by HPD rules, though these violations were subsequently closed.

More recently, the building underwent a rodent inspection in June 2025 that revealed rat activity, marking the first such failure since 2015. This is particularly concerning given the building's recent history of pest management issues. However, the building has maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations since 2019, with the most recent three annual bedbug reports (2022, 2023, and 2024) showing no infested units.

The property has consistently passed rodent inspections from 2015 through 2024, with the exception of the most recent inspection in 2025, suggesting generally good management of pest control prior to the recent finding. The building's conversion to Class A status indicates it has been transitioned from temporary to permanent dwelling status, though it is listed as HERETOFORE CONVERTED, suggesting this may not have been a recent change. The most recent heat/hot water incident and the current rat activity are the two most significant ongoing concerns affecting resident comfort and safety as of mid-2025.