541 West 156th Street, Manhattan, NY 10032

541 West 156th Street is a 5-story, 22-unit residential building located in Washington Heights, built in 1907 and currently owned by Shaul Koplowitz. The building has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues, with four documented complaints between November 2023 and March 2025, including an entire building outage in March 2025 that resulted in HPD's inability to gain access for inspection.

The property faced multiple maintenance challenges in 2023, including pest issues (with violations issued in March 2023), plumbing problems involving basins/sinks, and various complaints about flooring and ceiling conditions. Apartment 11 has documented violations from August 2023 regarding bathroom and room repairs, including issues with the bathtub, ceramic tiles, vinyl tiles, plastered surfaces, and water leaks, though most of these were certified as corrected by late 2023. The building has an active Department of Buildings (DOB) violation regarding a failure to file the 2018 External Low Pressure Inspection and has two recently closed complaints in May 2025 concerning work without a permit.

Historical data shows previous structural concerns, including an ECB violation from 2018 related to cracks in Apartment 7. While the building faced rodent activity in early 2023 and December 2022 (with bait applied), recent inspections in September 2024 and February 2024 passed. Importantly, the building has maintained a consistent record of zero bedbug infestations in the past five reporting periods (2019-2025), with the most recent report in June 2025 showing no units affected.