151 8th Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10011

151 8th Avenue is a 5-story, 16-unit Old Law Tenement building in Chelsea, owned by Adam Jernow and constructed in 1900. The building has experienced several significant maintenance issues in recent years, with the most pressing current concerns being an open door/window issue and a slow water leak reported in February 2025. There have been recurring heat and hot water problems, with emergencies reported for both the entire building (December 2023, February 2020) and individual apartments (January 2024), though these issues were generally resolved promptly.

The property has faced various safety and maintenance violations, including an open violation from March 2023 regarding failure to file the 2022 external low-pressure inspection, and multiple open violations from May 2022 related to building maintenance requirements, such as posting proper smoke detector requirements and maintaining a janitorial presence. The building's history shows a pattern of maintenance challenges, with documented issues including broken window guards (2022), pest problems (2021), plumbing issues (2020), and multiple heat/hot water complaints. While recent inspections have consistently passed rodent inspections, there have been multiple instances of rat activity noted in previous years (2019-2020).

The property has maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations, with zero reported cases in the past five filing periods (2019-2025). Significant building-wide violations were recorded in 2018 related to electrical work, plumbing issues, and construction debris management during renovation work, though these were eventually resolved through fines and corrections. The building also had temporary issues with sanitation during a 2021 inspection, resulting in an HPD violation, but subsequent inspections showed improvements.