535 West 160th Street, Manhattan, NY 10032

535 West 160th Street is a 5-story, 20-unit New Law Tenement building located in Washington Heights, built in 1910 and currently owned by Lydia Joaquin. The building has experienced several significant maintenance issues over the past five years, most notably an emergency heat and hot water outage in November 2019 that affected the entire building, though these services were reportedly restored shortly thereafter.

The property has multiple active violations related to failure to file external low-pressure inspections for 2018-2021, and an incomplete annual boiler inspection for 2017. In 2021, Apartment 5D had several documented problems including mold, roach infestation, a defective bathroom cabinet, and an unauthorized key-operated fire escape door lock, though most of these violations have since been closed.

Apartment 1C had issues in 2020 with improperly functioning self-closing doors and defective vinyl floor tiles, both of which were subsequently addressed. The building's recent pest control record shows positive developments, with the most recent Bedbug Reports for 2023-2024 and 2022-2023 indicating zero infested or re-infested units, and the property passing all rodent inspections from 2016 through 2024, with the most recent inspection in October 2024 showing no issues. The building's 311 service record shows limited complaints since 2019, and while violation notices for inspection non-compliance are concerning, the building has generally maintained a satisfactory status in terms of pest control and rodent management over the past several years.