66 West 69th Street, Manhattan, NY 10023

66 West 69th Street is a 4-story, 10-unit residential building in the Upper West Side, constructed in 1893 and currently owned by Philip Widlanski. The property has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues throughout 2025, with multiple emergency complaints filed between February and April 2025, though most were eventually resolved.

The building previously had a significant hot water incident in 2019 involving excessively hot water (over 130 degrees) in Unit 3F. Additional concerns emerged in 2019 regarding electrical work in the basement boiler room that resulted in an Environmental Control Board violation for performing electrical work without a permit, with an $800 penalty. While the building has maintained compliance with bedbug reporting requirements since 2021, showing no infestations, and passed recent rodent inspections in January and June 2025, previous rodent activity was noted in 2024 (February) and 2019 (April).

The building's history shows some periodic maintenance issues requiring attention, including four instances in 2025 where HPD inspectors were unable to gain access to apartments for inspection purposes regarding heat and hot water complaints. Multiple heat system complaints have been filed as duplicates of building-wide conditions, indicating potential systemic heating system challenges. The property has maintained timely bedbug reporting compliance from 2019 through 2024, consistently reporting zero infested units.