169 West 78th Street, Manhattan, NY 10024

169 West 78th Street is a five-story, five-unit Old Law Tenement building located in Manhattan's Upper West Side, constructed in 1891 and currently owned by Richard Lehmann. The building has maintained a generally positive record over recent years, with no reported bedbug infestations in the past three annual Bedbug Reporting periods (2021-2024).

Regular rodent inspections have been conducted, with the most recent three inspections in 2024, 2023, and 2022 showing consistent pass results, though there was one reported rat sighting in April 2022 that resulted in a Department of Health and Mental Hygiene inspection, which found no violations. The building has had ongoing requirements to file annual bedbug reports under Housing Maintenance Code regulations, with violations cited in 2021, 2022, and 2023 for failing to file, though all these violations appear to have been closed.

A notable elevator issue occurred in 2019 when the building received a violation for failing to correct defects identified in a 2017 Category 1 inspection, though this violation was ultimately dismissed by November 2019 after a penalty was paid. In 2023, there was an enforcement work order complaint, but the inspection conducted in May 2023 found no violations. The building has generally maintained compliance with various housing and building requirements, as evidenced by the regular passing of inspections and the resolution of violations, though the repeated bedbug reporting violations indicate some administrative oversight challenges in this requirement.