171 West 80th Street, Manhattan, NY 10024

171 West 80th Street is a five-story, 9-unit old law tenement building located in Manhattan's Upper West Side, built in 1888 and currently owned by Faye Landes. The building has experienced several maintenance and safety issues in recent years, with the most concerning being multiple rodent-related incidents between 2022 and 2025, including a recent complaint in June 2025 that follows a pattern of rodent activity observed in March 2023, February 2022, and similar complaints in 2025.

Other recurring issues include a March 2025 hazard involving the fire escape and unsanitary garbage/recycling storage, though inspections found no housing law violations. The building experienced heat and hot water issues affecting the entire structure in December 2022, which were subsequently addressed. Historical maintenance records show persistent problems over the years, including an open violation from 2018 regarding a lockable hasp at the stoop gate, and the presence of bedbugs in 2021-2024 has been consistently reported as non-existent, with no infestation cases reported in the past four filing periods.

Earlier violations from the 1990s documented various issues in Apartment 9, including problems with dampness, vermin (roaches), and plastered surfaces, along with a 2006 complaint about a defective intercom system in Apartment 8. More recently, there have been two complaints regarding drainage issues in 2025, one that was received but not yet inspected, and another where the inspector was unable to gain access. Despite these challenges, the building has maintained regular compliance inspections, successfully passing multiple rodent inspections in 2025, and showing consistent reporting of no bedbug infestations in the most recent four reporting periods.