161 East 61st Street, Manhattan, NY 10065

The four-story, five-unit residential building at 161 East 61st Street, owned by Jacqueline Shapiro, has experienced several significant maintenance issues over recent years, particularly related to heat and hot water systems. The building, constructed in 1930 and previously classified as HERETOFORE CONVERTED CLASS A, has had multiple heating system complaints, with a cluster of reports in March 2022 indicating both apartment-specific and building-wide problems. These complaints led to multiple inspections by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), though access issues often prevented full evaluations.

More recent concerns include a paint/plaster issue with the ceiling, reported in October 2023, which HPD was unable to inspect due to access limitations. The building has several active violations regarding boiler inspections, with records showing failure to file necessary external low-pressure inspection reports between 2019 and 2024. In the summer of 2023, three violations were issued related to self-closing door mechanisms at the building's entrance, though these were subsequently addressed.

Apartment 3 has been the focus of multiple violations over the years, including issues with kitchen cabinet doors, hot water temperatures, bathroom faucet leaks, and a past rodent infestation concern. However, the building has maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations, with the most recent reports from 2022-2023 and 2020-2021 showing zero infested units and successful eradication of affected spaces. The management has also demonstrated compliance with rodent inspections, passing multiple evaluations from 2018 through 2024, though bait was applied in recent inspections in April 2024.