200 West 78th Street, Manhattan, NY 10024

200 West 78th Street is a 6-story, 16-unit Old Law Tenement building in the Upper West Side, built in 1920 and currently owned by Joe Vitale. The building's maintenance record over the past several years shows a mix of concerning issues and positive compliance marks. Most notably, there is currently an open Department of Health complaint regarding construction lead dust in common areas, filed in February 2025.

Recent building maintenance concerns include a 2025 electrical wiring violation, a work without permit complaint, and a series of food establishment violations between 2024-2025 related to sanitation issues. While the building has passed recent rodent inspections (most recently in November 2024), it had reported food establishment violations for rodent/insect/garbage issues in the past (2024) along with multiple food safety complaints between 2019-2025 including instances of spoiled food and contamination. Historically, the building has shown generally good pest control management, with all bedbug reports from 2020-2024 showing zero infestation cases.

The building's inspection records show a passing rate of rodent inspections in recent years, with notable failures in 2018 that revealed rat activity and other compliance issues. While some complaints have been about exterior or common area conditions, such as the 2025 lead dust complaint, the building's occupancy and unit-specific complaints have been relatively minimal. The property has undergone various inspections and received multiple health department interventions, particularly in recent years, suggesting active monitoring of compliance issues, though many situations have required repeated interventions to achieve resolution.