117 West 79th Street, Manhattan, NY 10024

117 West 79th Street is a seven-story Old Law Single Room Occupancy building constructed in 1899, currently owned by Jennifer Lau. The building has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues, with multiple complaints filed in 2024-2025, including three separate incidents in January 2025 alone, though authorities report these conditions were resolved upon inspection. A ventilation system complaint was filed in July 2024, and earlier in 2024, several violations were documented regarding self-closing doors in refuse and community rooms, though these were ultimately closed after appropriate corrections were made.

The building underwent significant construction work between 2021-2022, during which multiple safety violations were recorded, including three serious incidents in early 2022 involving worker safety violations, one of which involved a worker injury that required hospitalization. There was also a concrete washout containment violation in January 2022 that resulted in a $2,500 penalty. The DOB records show various construction-related complaints from 2021-2023, though inspections generally found no violations.

More recently, in 2023-2024, there have been multiple rodent activity inspections, with several "Rat Activity" results noted between February and July 2023, though the most recent inspection in January 2025 passed. The building has maintained a consistent record of responding to bedbug reports, with no infestations reported from 2019 to 2024. While there were multiple violations issued for failure to file required inspection documents between 2018-2023, these were subsequently dismissed or resolved.