873 St Nicholas Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10032

The four-story, four-unit building at 873 St Nicholas Avenue in Hamilton Heights, owned by Allan Heussinger and constructed in 1900, has experienced several notable maintenance issues in recent years. Most pressing is the building's ongoing rodent problem, with the most recent Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) inspection on June 23, 2025, confirming rat activity, though this follows a pattern of alternating inspection results between passing and finding violations.

The building's heat and hot water systems were problematic in late 2022, with an emergency complaint filed in November regarding the entire building, though access issues hampered the inspection process. The property has maintained a clean record for bedbugs over multiple reporting periods from 2021 to 2025, with no infested, eradicated, or re-infested units reported. The building's maintenance history shows some attention to basic upkeep, including addressing a plumbing issue in Apartment 1 in 2019, though this was classified as a Class B violation rather than an emergency.

Two separate unsanitary condition complaints regarding garbage/recycling storage were filed in June 2022, though these were eventually closed without violations being issued. The property appears to have complied with bedbug reporting requirements in recent years, with all reports indicating zero affected units. While the building has passed multiple rodent inspections in the past, the pattern of complaints and recent violations suggests that pest control remains an ongoing challenge for the property.