176 West 81st Street, Manhattan, NY 10024

176 West 81st Street is a 5-story, 11-unit Old Law Tenement building located in New York City’s Upper West Side, built in 1891 and currently owned by Ramon Cuevas. The building has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues over recent years, with multiple emergency complaints filed between December 2022 and 2024, including four separate complaints on January 17, 2024, and another on April 3, 2024, affecting the entire building. The most recent April 2024 inspection resulted in multiple open violations for Apartment 2E, including inadequate heat and hot water supply, a locked boiler room door, and a mouse infestation.

There are also open violations regarding annual bedbug reporting requirements from 2023 and 2022. The building's maintenance history reveals persistent challenges with basic services and building systems. In addition to the heat and hot water issues, there was a significant water leak incident in July 2020 that resulted in violations.

While recent rodent inspections from 2022-2025 have generally passed, there were reports of rat activity in September 2022. The building has had varying compliance with building codes, including a door closure issue in 2021 and multiple bedbug report violations. Despite these challenges, the property has maintained some basic infrastructure requirements, as evidenced by several passed rodent inspections in 2023-2025, though these may not fully alleviate concerns about overall building conditions and maintenance responsiveness.