318 West 20th Street, Manhattan, NY 10011

The three-story residential building at 318 West 20th Street in Chelsea, owned by Francisco Jimenez, has a significant history of maintenance and compliance issues since 2018. Most notably, there is an ongoing pattern of violations related to bedbug report filing requirements, with open violations dating from 2021 through 2024. The building has also accrued multiple Department of Buildings (DOB) violations related to external low-pressure inspections, with active violations issued in June 2023 for failure to file 2018-2021 inspections.

Between 2018 and 2019, there were several dangerous construction site violations involving Bernhardt Renovation Inc., including inadequate egress, missing guardrails, and failure to provide proper protection around excavations, though these were ultimately resolved with various penalties. More recent history shows improvement in certain areas, with rodent inspections from 2017 through 2025 consistently passing. The building experienced some construction-related complaints in 2018-2019, including reports of building shaking, illegal after-hours work, and a gas utility referral, though most were found unsubstantiated or resolved.

The most recent open violations still concern administrative matters, primarily the failure to meet bedbug reporting requirements and low-pressure inspection filings. While the building has maintained good rodent control compliance, the pattern of bedbug report violations and inspection filing failures suggests ongoing issues with timely maintenance reporting requirements. All the building's units and floors have been consistently represented as a single unit structure, having been classified as "HERETOFORE CONVERTED CLASS B," despite its historical 1837 construction date.