116 West 81st Street, Manhattan, NY 10024

116 West 81st Street is a 4-story, 6-unit residential building located in Manhattan's Upper West Side, built in 1887 and currently owned by Ron Benjosef. The building has experienced several maintenance issues over the past few years, with the most concerning being a recent indoor air quality complaint in April 2024 involving chemical vapors and odors, for which the property owner received an advisory from the Department of Health.

Other notable issues include multiple window-related problems in Apartment 2 (2022-2023) with documented violations regarding faulty window frames and balances, sanitation concerns in July 2023 related to garbage/recycling storage, and a February 2022 heat/hot water emergency that was reportedly resolved quickly. The property has faced various compliance challenges, including an open fire safety violation from May 2022 requiring immediate fire guard presence due to dangerous conditions.

Several building-wide violations remain active as of mid-2025, including a failure to maintain proper fire stopping in Apt #1 identified by the Environmental Control Board in 2022. The building has undergone multiple inspections showing consistent rodent control compliance, passing all initial inspections from 2019 through 2025, though it did fail one inspection in February 2022 for "Other Reasons." The Department of Buildings has conducted several inspections and compliance checks under Local Law 188/17, with recent 2024 inspections showing access issues for multiple attempts, indicating possible ongoing maintenance concerns. While the building has shown consistent compliance in bedbug reporting, with no infestations reported since 2019, and has regularly obtained necessary permits for work performed (as evidenced by multiple EW permits issued between 2020 and 2024), the recurring pattern of window, sanitation, and heating issues suggests ongoing maintenance challenges that require attention.