137 Henry Street, Manhattan, NY 10002

137 Henry Street is a four-story, three-unit residential building in Chinatown, constructed in 1920 and currently owned by Stanley Chow. The property has experienced several notable incidents over the past few years, with the most pressing concerns being multiple open Housing Maintenance Code violations related to missing annual bedbug reports for 2023 and 2024.

Additionally, there are multiple active Department of Buildings violations from 2023-2024 regarding failure to file external low-pressure inspections for multiple years, which raises potential safety concerns about building systems. While the building has maintained rodent-free status with regular inspections passing from 2019 through 2025, there was a complaint to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene regarding a daycare facility in late 2021, though this was subsequently closed without any reported issues. The building underwent significant construction activity in 2019, during which multiple safety violations were documented, including concerns about inadequate scaffolding and failure to provide proper OSHA training to workers, resulting in fines that were eventually resolved.

Multiple permits were issued between 2018-2020 for various work types, including alteration and plumbing projects, suggesting active maintenance and improvements to the property. While there were bedbug-related violations noted in 2021 and 2022, recent filings (2022-2025) indicate no current infestations, with the building maintaining an active bedbug reporting system. The most recent inspections from 2025 indicate the property continues to undergo regular monitoring, though the outstanding violations regarding inspection filings suggest some lapses in administrative compliance that warrants attention.