16 West 87th Street, Manhattan, NY 10024

16 West 87th Street is a 4-story, 6-unit residential building constructed in 1892 in the Upper West Side, currently owned by Nhl Realty LLC. The building has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues over the past several years, with multiple complaints filed through 311 services, particularly in 2023 and 2022, all indicating either temporary outages or restoration of services. These complaints were classified as emergencies and required multiple HPD inspections, though in some cases, inspectors were unable to gain access to verify conditions.

Other maintenance issues have included problems with cooking gas and appliance-related concerns in September 2022, which were subsequently resolved. The building has two active bedbug-related violations from 2021-2023, though recent annual reports (most recently filed in December 2024) show zero infested or re-infested units. There are three historical open violations from 1979 related to basement conditions and unauthorized alterations, though these are quite old relative to the building's current status.

The property has undergone regular rodent inspections from 2015 to 2024, with the most recent inspections in 2023 and 2024 passing without issues. A recent external low-pressure inspection violation was issued in April 2023, which remains active. Two gas utility referrals in 2022 and 2023 were investigated but resulted in no violations being found. Despite the ongoing heat/hot water complaints, the building has maintained a regular bedbug-free status and has mostly passed rodent inspections, with only one instance of rat activity noted in 2022.