771 West End Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10025

The 12-story, 78-unit building at 771 West End Avenue, constructed in 1915 and currently owned by Beth Pickens, has experienced several significant incidents and ongoing maintenance issues in recent years. Most notably, there is an active ECB violation from September 2024 regarding extensive fire damage in apartment 10J, including missing windows and damaged plaster, with a penalty of $1,250 imposed.

The building has also been subject to multiple construction enforcement work orders in September 2024, including a Partial Vacate Order. These recent construction-related issues follow a pattern of building maintenance concerns, as evidenced by a 2018 violation for failure to submit a required critical examination report of exterior walls, though this was subsequently resolved. The building's maintenance record shows a relatively high volume of permit activity, with multiple exterior work permits issued between 2019 and 2021.

While there was a rodent complaint in late 2019 and some construction-related complaints in 2023-2024, it's worth noting that all rodent inspections conducted between 2015 and 2024 have passed. The property has maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations, with all annual reports since 2019 showing zero infested units. The Department of Buildings has imposed several violations over the years, with the most concerning being a failure to certify corrections on immediately hazardous violations, which remains active as of late 2024.