871 St Nicholas Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10032

871 St Nicholas Avenue is a 4-story, 4-unit residential building located in Hamilton Heights, owned by Allan Heussinger and constructed in 1900. The property has experienced persistent rodent-related issues over the past several years, with the most recent inspection in June 2025 confirming rat activity, though previous inspections in 2024 showed a mix of passing and failing results for rodent conditions. There was a notable heat/hot water complaint in early 2025, which was investigated by HPD and found not to violate housing laws.

The building has also had recurring unsanitary conditions related to garbage/recycling storage, with violations cited in inspections from 2022 and 2023. Multiple housing maintenance violations have been documented, including the need for proper garbage bin covers (2023) and annual bedbug reporting compliance (2021-2022). The building's safety features were addressed in 2019, when violations were issued for missing smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors in apartments 1 and 2, along with a violation for defective plastered surfaces in Apartment 1's kitchen.

A boiler-related complaint from December 2019 was inspected and found to have no violations at that time. Notably, the property has maintained a clean bedbug report record from 2021 through 2025, with no documented infestations or eradications during any of the annual reporting periods. The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has conducted multiple inspections of the property, with varying results regarding rodent conditions, and there have been several follow-up inspections required due to identified violations.