This weekend’s forecasted heat could be particularly difficult for residents of a Public Housing building on the Upper West Side.

The one elevator in the seven-story building on West 84th Street has been out of service for two weeks. That means many of the three dozen residents in the NYCHA building called Dome Site have to walk the stairs.

“It’s pretty hard,” said a resident of the seventh floor as she lugged up her groceries.  She asked us not to use her name.

“The proof is in the pudding. You see how I look, I don’t look good,” she said with a laugh.

“It’s definitely putting a stress on my body,” said a man in his sixties as he walked down the stairs.

While it's physically hard on the able-bodied, it’s especially stressful for residents with physical challenges.

“It’s a nightmare,” said Richard Welch who uses a wheelchair.  He’s basically a prisoner in his own home.

“I just stay stranded in my apartment for the time that it takes to fix the elevator sometimes it takes weeks, two weeks,” Welch said.

He says he missed a surgery last week and really couldn’t survive now if it wasn’t for his home health aide.

“Disgraceful,” said City Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal.  She told NY1 Thursday she contacted the New York City Housing Authority 14 days ago, and was told the company, Kraus Management, contracted to run the building, had to order elevator parts.

“There are no excuses not to have the parts,” said Rosenthal.  “Can you imagine with a heat index of 109, people having to walk up carrying those groceries.”

“Uncomfortable, hot, said the woman living on the seventh floor.  “I have rheumatoid arthritis so this is not easy, it’s just, it’s bad.”

She plans to hide out in her apartment when the temperatures soar this weekend.

Richard Welch says he doesn’t have a choice, but he’s used to it. NY1’s Michael Herzenberg asked him, “Over the course of 14 years (since he moved into the building), how many times has the elevator gone out?”  “Oh my God,” he responded with a smile, “I lost count, over 15 times or 20.”

NY1 called NYCHA about the broken elevator, informing officials about those with disabilities and the impending heat wave.  They issued a statement simply saying “We are working with our management partner at 154 W. 84th Street to restore elevator service as quickly as possible.”