40 West 87th Street, Manhattan, NY 10024

40 West 87th Street is a 4-story, 10-unit residential building located in the Upper West Side, constructed in 1892 and currently owned by Jill Drachman. The building has experienced recurring issues with heat and hot water systems, most recently documented in October 2024, when multiple emergency complaints were filed and subsequently verified as corrected by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD). A significant cluster of similar heat-related complaints occurred in January 2019, resulting in several violations, including inadequate heat and hot water supply in Basement Apartment A and first-floor Apartment 1A.

These 2019 violations also noted problems with gas supply to kitchen fixtures, along with safety concerns regarding self-closing doors and carbon monoxide/smoke detection devices in Apartment 1A. The building's heat and hot water system reliability appears to be an ongoing challenge, as evidenced by the most recent complaints in 2024. The property has undergone several inspections and investigations regarding potential illegal conversions, with the most recent complaint filed in April 2025, though the inspector was unable to gain access for verification.

Historical records from 2019 also documented occupancy concerns regarding an illegally converted duplex apartment with unauthorized sleeping use in the cellar, though this violation was later resolved. Notably, the building has maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations, with zero reported cases in recent annual filings from 2021 through 2025, and has consistently passed rodent inspections dating back to 2014. The most recent bedbug report for the period ending October 2024 declared zero infested units, and the building shows no outstanding environmental control board violations as of 2023.