136 West 81st Street, Manhattan, NY 10024

The four-story, 10-unit building at 136 West 81st Street, owned by Barbara Pyles, is a converted Class A residential property built in 1887 located in Manhattan's Upper West Side. The building has a concerning pattern of open housing maintenance code violations, with four consecutive violations from 2021 to 2024 related to failure to file annual bedbug reports as required by HPD regulations.

While these violations specifically pertain to administrative requirements rather than direct health or safety concerns, their persistence over multiple years suggests some challenges with compliance to city regulations. On a more positive note, the building has demonstrated consistent success in maintaining pest control standards, as evidenced by passing rodent inspections between 2018 and 2025.

The most recent inspection, conducted in January 2025, passed, continuing a trend of successful rodent inspections over the past seven years. Additionally, there was one complaint filed in 2019 regarding illegal hotel rooms in the residential building, though this complaint was ultimately closed due to the inspector's inability to gain access to the property during the second final attempt at inspection. This historical record shows a mostly stable building with some regulatory compliance issues regarding bedbug reporting requirements, while maintaining acceptable rodent control standards throughout the property.