161 West 72nd Street, Manhattan, NY 10023

The 5-story, 6-unit building at 161 West 72nd Street, owned by Linda Durante, has experienced recurring heating system issues throughout 2025, with multiple emergency complaints regarding heat and hot water affecting both individual apartments and the entire building from January through February 2025. The building, constructed in 1884 and classified as HERETOFORE CONVERTED CLASS A, has also faced challenges with compliance to food establishment regulations, with multiple complaints in 2025 related to kitchen conditions and pest control.

While the building has maintained a good record of rodent inspections, passing inspections consistently from 2016 through 2024, it currently has an active Department of Buildings violation from May 2019 regarding a Category 5 inspection failure, and a historical pattern of heating system access violations dating back to 1988 that remains unresolved. The property underwent several repairs and maintenance work in 2019, as evidenced by multiple permits issued for emergency works, suggesting some attentiveness to building maintenance.

Historical violations from 2008 show a pattern of maintenance issues in Apartment 7A, including problems with radiator knobs, wood floor repairs, plaster surfaces, and a painted sprinkler head in the kitchen, though these were certified as corrected in 2018. Notably, the building has maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations, with no reported cases in the past seven reporting periods from 2019-2025, and has passed multiple rodent inspections in 2023-2024. While the building has experienced various maintenance issues over the years, including the recent heating problems, it has generally demonstrated compliance with most housing maintenance codes, with the exception of the long-standing heating system access violations.