343 West 87th Street, Manhattan, NY 10024

The 10-unit, 4-story building at 343 West 87th Street, owned by Joshua Jacobson and built in 1896, has experienced several notable maintenance issues over the past few years. Most recently, rodent inspections in 2025 showed mixed results, with the property initially failing in January 2025 but passing compliance inspections in March 2025.

While the building has regularly submitted bedbug reports from 2021 to 2025 showing zero infestation cases during those periods, there were two violations issued in 2021 and 2022 regarding the failure to file annual bedbug reports, though these were later closed. The building has faced some significant comfort-related issues, particularly in late 2018 when multiple complaints were filed regarding lack of heat and hot water throughout the entire building.

These complaints were addressed and heat and water service was reportedly restored. More recently, in late 2019, there were complaints about unsanitary garbage and recycling storage conditions, which were investigated by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) but did not result in any violations being issued. The property's rodent history shows some variation, with inspections between 2019 and 2025 indicating both rat activity (as noted in an October 2019 inspection) and compliance with rodent control measures in subsequent years, suggesting ongoing monitoring and management of pest control issues.