262 West 115th Street, Manhattan, NY 10026

262 West 115th Street is a 5-story, 10-unit residential building constructed in 1900 and currently owned by Bennat Berger. The property has experienced several recurring maintenance and safety issues over the past few years, with the most pressing current concern being an open complaint regarding unsanitary garbage/recycling storage conditions, filed in January 2025. The building underwent significant heat and hot water system issues in February 2022, with multiple complaints from residents about the lack of these essential services.

During the same period, there were concerns about door issues that were eventually resolved. More recent issues include rat activity, with the most recent inspection in February 2025 showing rat activity, following a passed inspection in November 2024. The building has maintained a generally pest-free environment in recent years, with no bedbug reports in the past five reporting periods from 2019 to 2024, except for one instance in 2019 that was resolved.

The building's systems and safety features have required ongoing attention, with violations recorded in 2022 for missing smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in apartments 3A and 4B, though these were addressed by June 2022. Other maintenance issues identified in 2022 included problems with plaster surfaces and paint in common areas and various apartments, though most of these violations were subsequently closed. The property has experienced periodic rodent issues, as evidenced by multiple inspections showing rat activity between 2022 and 2025, though the most recent inspections in 2025 have shown some improvement, with passed inspections being more frequent. The building's management appears to address most complaints and violations in a timely manner, as indicated by the closure of many historical complaints, though the persistence of both garbage storage issues and rat activity suggests ongoing challenges with certain building maintenance aspects.