617 West 168th Street, Manhattan, NY 10032

617 West 168th Street is a 6-story, 127-unit New Law Tenement building located in Washington Heights, built in 1931 and currently owned by Diana Mejia. The building has experienced several recurring maintenance issues over recent years, with the most significant concerns involving the elevator and boiler systems. Since 2019, there have been multiple violations related to elevator service disruptions, with the most recent complaint filed in November 2021 regarding "Single Device on Property/No Alternate Service," for which OATH violations were served.

Boiler-related issues have also been documented, with complaints in 2024, 2019, and 2018- all ultimately resulting in findings of no violations warranting further action at the time of inspection. The building has undergone regular bedbug and rodent inspections, with consistent reports showing no infestation cases in the past four years (2020-2024), and passing all rodent inspections conducted between 2019 and 2025, with one failure noted in August 2018. Various Housing Maintenance Code violations were identified in 2018 regarding missing safety-related postings in common areas, including gas leak procedures, heating system key holder information, and smoke detector requirements- most of these violations are now closed, though some remain listed as open.

The building's elevator system underwent significant scrutiny in 2021, resulting in multiple Environmental Control Board violations regarding hoist ropes, counterweights, and missing elevator certificates, though these were ultimately resolved with no penalties imposed. More recently, the building has maintained compliance with bedbug reporting requirements, with no reported infestations in the past three filing periods (2022-2024). The property has experienced some administrative violations, including failure to display energy efficiency information in 2021 (dismissed) and missed FISP Cycle 8B technical report filing in 2019 (also dismissed). While the building has had its share of maintenance challenges, particularly with the elevator and boiler systems, the property has shown improvement in recent years with no confirmed bedbug infestations and consistent rodent control compliance.