866 West End Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10025

866 West End Avenue is a 4-story, 10-unit residential building located in the Upper West Side, constructed in 1899 and currently owned by Alan Garfield. The building has experienced recurring maintenance issues over the past few years, with the most significant recent incident occurring in January 2024 when tenants reported heat and hot water problems throughout the building. The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) has had difficulty obtaining access to units for inspections in several cases, including during heat/hot water complaints and door/window issues in 2024.

Multiple complaints regarding unsanitary garbage/recycling storage conditions were recorded, with HPD confirming some corrections were made. The building has also faced recurring issues with its intercom system, with both 2023 and 2024 complaints being filed, one of which remains open as of 2024. The building's maintenance history shows various infrastructure and comfort issues, including emergency complaints in 2022 regarding heating and hot water problems in apartment 4A, as well as cooking gas supply issues.

HPD inspections have found no violations in some areas, but there are currently open violations as of 2023 related to the entrance door security and intercom system. While the building has maintained a consistent record of bedbug reporting with zero infestation cases reported in the past several years, rodent inspections show some remedial action was required, with multiple bait applications recorded between December 2022 and August 2024, though recent inspections have passed. The property has filed annual bedbug reports indicating no infestation issues during the most recent reporting periods, with the last two filings in 2024 and 2025 showing zero infested, eradicated, or re-infested units.