75 West 71st Street, Manhattan, NY 10023

75 West 71st Street is a 5-story, 16-unit Old Law Tenement building built in 1888, currently owned by Shirley Fong. The property has experienced several recurring heat and hot water issues, with three emergency complaints filed between January 2022 and October 2023 regarding lack of heat or hot water affecting either the entire building or specific apartments. Of particular concern is the building's ongoing rat activity, with multiple inspections throughout 2023 showing consistent pest control interventions including bait applications in June and July 2023, followed by some passing results, though the building has since passed recent rodent inspections in January 2025.

The building has also faced various maintenance challenges, including multiple failed access inspections by HPD in 2019 regarding flooring, stairs, and wall conditions, and an indoor air quality issue involving chemical vapors in July 2021. The property has open violations from 2018 regarding Apartment 3C that remain unresolved as of the most recent inspection records, including issues with defective wood floors in two rooms, a broken kitchen sink cabinet, and a vermin infestation in the kitchen. Additional building-wide violations from 2018 involve obstructions to fire escapes on multiple floors.

Recent Department of Buildings activity shows inspections in 2024 and 2025 regarding work without permits and unlicensed plumbing work, though no violations were found in either case. While the building appears to have maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations over the past seven years, the recurring heat problems and rodent issues suggest ongoing maintenance challenges. Recent improvements include compliance with rodent inspections, as demonstrated by passing results in January 2025, though there have been periods of rat activity as recently as September 2023.