240 West 74th Street, Manhattan, NY 10023

240 West 74th Street is a three-story, three-unit residential building located in Manhattan's Upper West Side, constructed in 1887 and currently owned by Mascha Seiden. The building has faced recurring challenges in meeting housing maintenance code requirements, particularly regarding bedbug reporting compliance, with four consecutive violations recorded between 2021 and 2024 for failure to submit the mandatory annual bedbug reports as required by the Housing Maintenance Code.

These violations, while administrative in nature, suggest potential issues with the building's pest management practices. In terms of rodent control, the building has demonstrated variable performance over recent years.

Most recently, in August 2024, the property passed an initial rodent inspection, following a previous compliance inspection in November 2023, which also resulted in a passing grade. However, there was documented rat activity during a September 2023 inspection, indicating that while the building generally maintains reasonable rodent control measures, occasional infestations do occur. Prior to 2023, the building had a strong record of passing rodent inspections consistently from 2016 through 2022, suggesting that while the recent bedbug reporting issues are concerning, the building has generally maintained acceptable standards for rodent control when inspections are conducted.