469 West 147th Street, Manhattan, NY 10031

469 West 147th Street is an 8-unit, 3-story residential building in Hamilton Heights, constructed in 1926 and currently owned by Shmuel Bentov. The building has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues over the past few years, with six emergency complaints filed between 2024-2025 regarding these systems affecting the entire building. While some complaints were resolved during inspections, others resulted in HPD being unable to gain access for verification.

Additional maintenance concerns have emerged, including two water leak complaints in late 2024 (one involving heavy flow), and most recently, a significant violation issued in June 2025 regarding deteriorated brownstone components on the front side of the building, with observations of missing mortar, cracked stone near windows, and peeling paint. The building's maintenance record shows some positive developments, including consistent rodent inspection pass rates (most recently in May 2025), and accurate bedbug reporting with no infestations reported in recent years, following one documented case in 2019. Historically, there was an occupancy violation noted in 2018 regarding occupied apartments without valid certificates, resulting in a $500 penalty.

The property has maintained compliance with bedbug reporting requirements since 2021, and while there were three years in which annual reports were not filed, recent filings from 2022-2025 show no recorded infestations. Two housing maintenance code violations from 2021, 2022, and 2023 related to annual bedbug report filings are noted as closed. Recent building issues require attention, particularly the 2025 DOH violation regarding exterior structural conditions and the 2023 DOB violation for failure to file the 2019 external low-pressure inspection.