120 West 70th Street, Manhattan, NY 10023

120 West 70th Street is a 9-story, 38-unit New Law tenement building located in Manhattan's Upper West Side neighborhood. Built in 1917 and currently owned by 120 West 70 Owners Corp, the building has undergone various inspections and faced several regulatory requirements throughout its recent history. As of July 2025, the building has maintained a consistent record of passing rodent inspections from 2015 through 2025, and recent bedbug reports for 2022-2024 show no infestations.

However, the building has encountered some notable issues that required attention. In 2020, multiple Housing Maintenance Code violations were issued related to safety and notification requirements, including missing smoke and carbon monoxide detector notices, gas leak procedures, and inspection certificate postings - though all of these violations were certified as closed by September 2020. More recently, in 2024, there is an active violation regarding an unsafe report filed in February 2024, and in May 2024, a failure to file an energy benchmarking report violation was resolved.

The building faced some elevator-related issues in June 2019, with violations noted for an inoperative phone, exposed wires, and an unclean motor room, though these were resolved without penalties. Additionally, the building underwent various construction and maintenance activities as evidenced by multiple permits issued between 2019 and 2023, including plumbing, electrical, and exterior work. While these permits suggest ongoing maintenance and improvements to the property, the records also indicate periodic compliance challenges that the management has generally addressed in a timely manner. The most recent inspection data and violation records suggest that the building is currently stable, with no recent patterns of widespread maintenance issues or pest problems, though the active violation from 2024 regarding an unsafe report remains to be resolved.