529 West 144th Street, Manhattan, NY 10031

529 West 144th Street is a five-story, 10-unit residential building located in Hamilton Heights, built in 1910, currently owned by David Somerstein. The building has experienced several significant maintenance issues over the past few years, most notably in 2019 when there were multiple emergency complaints regarding heat and hot water problems affecting the entire building, with at least seven related incidents between January and May 2019.

Additional maintenance concerns emerged in 2019 involving boiler defects and plumbing issues, both of which resulted in violations. The property has had several Department of Buildings Environmental Control Board violations related to failure to comply with Commissioner Orders and failure to maintain proper building conditions, with multiple resolved violations between 2019 and 2021. While there were concerns about rodent activity in late 2022-2023 with a rat sighting reported in December 2022, the building has passed all recent rodent inspections conducted in 2023, 2024, and early 2025.

The building's bedbug reporting history shows no documented infestations between 2017 and the present, with regular annual reports submitted to HPD indicating zero infested units. More recently, there is an active violation from June 2023 regarding the failure to file the 2020 external low-pressure inspection, though this appears to be the only current outstanding violation. The property has demonstrated improved maintenance responsiveness in recent years, with no significant recurring issues noted since the 2019 emergency heating problems, and all recent inspections for both rodent activity and bedbug reporting have shown compliance with regulations.