215 West 95th Street, Manhattan, NY 10025

215 West 95th Street is a 16-story, 212-unit residential building constructed in 1986 in the Upper West Side, currently owned by Amanda Smith. The building has experienced several concerning maintenance issues in recent years, most notably a cluster of complaints in March 2025 involving unsanitary conditions (pests), window guard safety problems, and flooring issues, all of which HPD was unable to inspect despite emergency and non-emergency designations. Earlier complaints from 2024 included reports of heating and hot water issues affecting the entire building, window frame problems, and multiple flooring concerns, with HPD again unable to complete inspections.

The building has shown some persistence of pest issues, as evidenced by the most recent bedbug report from 2024-2025 showing two infested units, though both were eradicated. The property has faced multiple safety and maintenance challenges over the past several years, including construction safety violations in 2019 that resulted in multiple temporary stop work orders and fines totaling $5,250. These violations involved unsafe construction practices and use of suspended scaffolding during façade repair work. An active ECB violation from October 2024 concerns failure to secure public safety after an unsafe notification, with a pending $2,500 penalty.

Despite these ongoing challenges, recent inspections in 2023 and 2024 have passed for rodent activity, and a pigeon waste inspection in October 2023 found no violations. The building's permit history shows regular maintenance and emergency work being conducted, with multiple permits issued between 2018 and 2021, including two emergency work permits in 2021 and multiple facade-related permits in 2019. The property has demonstrated some improvement in pest management, with regular inspections conducted in 2024 showing most passed results, though the recent bedbug report indicates ongoing monitoring challenges. The building's history reflects a mix of resolved and ongoing maintenance issues, with particular attention needed to address the recent pattern of inspection access issues preventing proper evaluation of reported problems.