34 West 86th Street, Manhattan, NY 10024

34 West 86th Street is a 5-story, 18-unit residential building located in Manhattan's Upper West Side, constructed in 1906 and currently owned by Amy Schwartz. The building has experienced several notable maintenance issues over the past five years, most recently including a rat sighting in June 2025 (which passed inspection with no violations), and plumbing-related problems in December 2023 that also received no violations upon inspection.

A significant pattern of heating and hot water issues occurred in October 2018, when multiple complaints were filed regarding lack of service throughout the building, though all were eventually resolved and closed. The building underwent simultaneous plumbing emergency situations in July 2020, with multiple tenants reporting water supply issues, though inspections found no violations.

The property has generally maintained good compliance with safety regulations, passing regular rodent inspections from 2015 through 2025, and maintaining a clean bedbug report history from 2019 to 2024, with no reported infestations in any unit during this period. However, there were two concerning violations identified in 2021: an outstanding carbon monoxide detector issue in apartment 3C, and a failure to file the 2018 external low-pressure inspection, though both violations were subsequently addressed. The building's maintenance history shows regular attention to emergency repairs, with multiple permits issued for work including plumbing and electrical systems, most recently in June 2025 for unspecified improvements.