386 Ft Washington Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10033

The 30-unit, 6-story apartment building at 386 Ft Washington Avenue in Washington Heights, owned by Robert Lugo and constructed in 1940, has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues over recent years, with three documented complaints in 2024 alone. These emergency complaints, filed in January 2024, were initially reported by tenants experiencing no heat or hot water, though HPD responded and noted that heat and hot water had been restored, and the complaints were closed as duplicate filings of a building-wide issue.

Prior to these incidents, similar heat-related complaints occurred in November 2022, with investigations showing that services had been restored. The building previously faced an elevator violation in September 2019 related to uncorrected defects from a 2017 inspection, which remains active in the Department of Buildings records. While there was one rat sighting complaint in May 2021 that resulted in minor violations, more recent rodent inspections in 2025 have passed.

Importantly, the building has maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations, with no reported cases or required eradications in any of the annual filings from 2019 through 2025, suggesting effective pest management practices. The building also experienced a brief period of construction-related issues in 2022, with complaints about sidewalk shed conditions and street cleaning, though these were resolved with no violations found. The only documented housing maintenance code violation was in 2018, concerning plaster and paint issues in apartment 1E, which appears to have been resolved.