88 Wadsworth Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10033

88 Wadsworth Avenue is a 5-story, 17-unit New Law Tenement building located in Washington Heights and owned by Maximo Arias. Built in 1910, the building has experienced several maintenance issues in recent years, particularly between late 2023 and mid-2024. The most significant problems included multiple heating and hot water outages affecting both individual apartments and the entire building, with complaints documented in November and December 2023, and January 2024. These heating issues were marked as emergencies by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD).

During the same period, the building faced various maintenance challenges including multiple complaints about flooring conditions, plumbing issues related to steam pipes, and problems with paint and plaster work. Notably, inspections in February 2024 revealed serious concerns in apartments 7 and 8, including violations for pest infestations (roaches and mice), defective self-closing doors, and safety issues involving electronic locks on fire escape windows. The building's safety systems also required attention, with violations noted for defective smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in apartment 7. While the building has maintained good hygiene standards regarding bedbugs, with reports showing no infestations in the past two years, it had documented infestations in two units in 2022.

However, regular rodent inspections from 2014 through October 2024 consistently show passing results, indicating effective pest control measures in place. The property has a documented history of building-wide and individual unit issues, with several complaints resulting in HPD inspections, though many inspections could not gain access to the affected units. Most recent complaints have been promptly addressed, with no violations issued in several inspections. The building's record shows periodic maintenance challenges typical of older tenement buildings, with the most pressing concerns historically being heat and hot water issues, followed by various interior maintenance matters.