168 West 121st Street, Manhattan, NY 10027

168 West 121st Street is a 5-story, 5-unit Old Law Tenement building constructed in 1910, currently owned by Whga Unity Apartments Limited Partnership. The building has experienced several maintenance issues over recent years, with the most significant cluster of problems occurring in early 2022, including multiple Housing Maintenance Code violations related to doors, plumbing, painting, electrical systems, and unsanitary conditions. These issues primarily affected apartment 1A and included problems with doors, lighting, water leaks, and ceiling maintenance, though inspections resulted in some violations being resolved.

A brief outage of heat and hot water was reported in February 2022, though this was reportedly resolved promptly. The building's rodent history shows a pattern of improvement, with recent inspections in 2023 and 2025 passing without issues. However, there were reported rat sightings in late 2021 and early 2022, followed by a compliance inspection in June 2022 that passed.

The property has maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations, with all annual reports from 2019 through 2024 showing zero infested units, and the 2025 report continues this trend. The building's most recent inspections have generally been favorable, particularly in terms of rodent control, with six consecutive passing inspections from 2022 through 2025. However, several older Housing Maintenance Code violations remain open as of the latest available data, including issues with door repairs and documentation requirements.