40 West 96th Street, Manhattan, NY 10025

40 West 96th Street is a 10-unit, 4-story residential building located in New York City's Upper West Side, owned by Steven Oved. Built in 1897, this converted Class A building has experienced several notable events over recent years.

Most significantly, in 2019, the Department of Buildings issued a Full Stop Work Order due to contractor withdrawal, which remains open as an active violation. In 2021, there was a Housing Maintenance Code violation related to the failure to file an annual bedbug report, though subsequent reports from 2021 through 2024 show consistent compliance with no reported infestations, with all units showing zero counts for infestation, eradication, and re-infestation.

The building has demonstrated good maintenance standards in terms of pest control, consistently passing rodent inspections from 2014 through 2024, with the most recent inspection in August 2024 receiving a satisfactory rating. There have been two significant complaints filed with the Department of Buildings: one in 2021 regarding Local Law 188/17 Compliance Inspections, which resulted in the inspector being unable to gain access, and the aforementioned 2019 construction-related complaint. While the building has experienced some regulatory interactions, it has maintained a record of effective bedbug management and rodent control over the past several years, with no documented infestation issues since 2021 and successful annual reporting compliance since the initial violation.