550 Audubon Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10040

550 Audubon Avenue is a 5-story, 45-unit New Law Tenement building constructed in 1923, currently managed by 550 Audubon Associates. The property has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues over the past year, with nine reported incidents between October 2024 and February 2025, including three complaints in February 2025 alone. While the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) conducted inspections in some cases, they were often unable to gain access to units for verification.

A January 2025 inspection did not find any violations of housing laws. The building has a history of maintenance violations, particularly concerning Apartment 51, which has been the subject of multiple Housing Maintenance Code violations between 2020 and 2023, including issues with bathroom fixtures, tiles, and pest infestations. There are also two active Department of Buildings violations from September 2024 related to failure to file 2023 external low-pressure inspection documentation and display energy efficiency scores. Recent inspections have shown consistent compliance with rodent control requirements, passing multiple inspections between 2021 and 2025, though there was one compliance failure noted in 2018.

Building management has maintained an up-to-date bedbug reporting system, with no reported infestations in recent filings from 2023-2024. The building's maintenance history shows some improvement in recent years, with all identified Housing Maintenance Code violations having been closed out. However, the recurring heating system issues and the two active violations regarding energy efficiency compliance suggest ongoing maintenance challenges. The property has received regular rodent inspections, consistently passing these checks, which indicates effective pest management procedures are currently in place.