564 West 173rd Street, Manhattan, NY 10032

564 West 173rd Street is a 5-story, 19-unit New Law Tenement building located in Washington Heights, built in 1905 and currently owned by Chase Horman. The building has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues over the past two years, with multiple emergency complaints filed in 2023-2024, affecting both whole building and individual apartments.

Specifically, eight heat and hot water-related complaints were documented between March 2023 and April 2024, with four violations issued during inspections. The most recent issue regarding heat/hot water was reported in April 2024, affecting Apartment 42, along with violations for missing smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. The building has also faced various maintenance challenges, including a cooking gas issue in March 2023, electrical concerns in Apartment 1 (including unsafe wiring near water facilities), and problems with multiple doors requiring repairs or replacement.

Despite these issues, the building has maintained an active compliance record, as evidenced by the closure of various violations, including those related to self-closing doors and plaster repairs. Notably, the building has a clean pest control record, with no bedbug infestations reported in the past seven years (2018-2025), and has successfully passed multiple rodent inspections in recent years, most recently in October 2024. The most recent violation related to fire escape obstruction was resolved in March 2024, indicating ongoing attention to safety compliance.