251 Central Park West, Manhattan, NY 10024

251 Central Park West is a 12-story, 68-unit residential building constructed in 1907, currently owned by Seth Habermanexempttrust. The building has experienced several concerning maintenance issues in recent years, with the most significant being a heating and hot water service disruption affecting the entire building in January 2025, which HPD was unable to verify during inspection due to access issues.

The building continues to face challenges with rodent control, as evidenced by multiple rat sightings from 2022-2025, though recent inspections in 2025 and 2024 have passed. Other notable concerns include persistent facade maintenance issues, with active ECB violations from 2023 citing removal of public protection from unsafe facade without approval and failure to maintain exterior facade, while previous facade-related violations from 2020-2021 regarding failure to submit required reports also indicate ongoing structural maintenance challenges. The building has also faced various safety and compliance issues, including an emergency fire escape complaint in late 2024 that HPD investigated but found no violations, and past violations in apartment 3C regarding defective carbon monoxide detection devices, smoke detectors, and self-closing doors in 2021.

While there have been several complaints regarding building systems and safety features, inspections generally found no violations, including complaints about building shaking in 2021 and sidewalk shed issues in 2019. The property has maintained a clean record for bedbugs since 2018, with no reported infestations in recent years. Despite these challenges, the building has demonstrated some responsiveness to maintenance issues, as shown by the completion of certain repairs and the issuance of various permits for maintenance work in recent years, though there remains a pattern of recurring violations and service disruptions that suggest ongoing maintenance challenges.