46 West 83rd Street, Manhattan, NY 10024

The 8-story, 66-unit residential building at 46 West 83rd Street in the Upper West Side, owned by Christopher Alker, has experienced numerous maintenance and compliance issues in recent years, with the most pressing current concerns being two open unsanitary condition complaints related to garbage/recycling storage filed with HPD in March 2025. The property has a history of infrastructure challenges, including multiple Department of Buildings (DOB) violations in 2022 for failure to maintain exterior building facades, broken windows, chimney issues, and obstructed fire escapes, some of which resulted in fines totaling $10,000.

While many of these violations were resolved, there remains an active broken step issue with the fire escape noted in 2023. Recent maintenance history shows a pattern of both proactive and reactive responses to building conditions, with multiple emergency work permits issued in 2023-2025.

The building's bedbug and rodent control records reveal a mixed pattern: while there were three bedbug infestations reported in late 2024 across four units, rodent inspections show a generally passing pattern since 2018, though there were instances of rat activity noted in 2023 and 2024. The property has experienced some challenges with timely safety inspections, as evidenced by multiple DOB violations issued in 2023 for failure to file external low-pressure inspections for 2018-2021, though these were subsequently dismissed. The building's management has periodically addressed various maintenance issues through work permits, with three emergency work permits issued in the past year, suggesting ongoing maintenance and compliance efforts.