235 West 19th Street, Manhattan, NY 10011

The 16-unit, 5-story old law tenement building at 235 West 19th Street in Chelsea, built in 1901 and currently owned by Felix Bernardo, has experienced several notable issues over the past years. Most significant were multiple emergency complaints related to pest infestations in October 2018, particularly affecting apartment 3D, which led to several Housing Maintenance Code violations requiring the abatement of bedbug infestations and door modifications.

In early 2018, multiple Environmental Control Board (ECB) violations were recorded regarding alleged improper use of apartment 3A for transient purposes, including failure to maintain required safety systems for such use; however, these violations were later resolved with no penalties. There were also two complaints in July 2019 regarding illegal hotel room usage, though inspectors were unable to gain access to verify these claims. More recent history shows improvements in pest management, with the building maintaining a clean record in bedbug reporting from 2020 through 2024, showing no infested or re-infested units during this period.

The property has consistently passed rodent inspections from 2017 through 2025, indicating effective pest control measures are currently in place. A recent Department of Buildings violation from June 2023 regarding an unfiled low pressure inspection was dismissed. The building has undergone regular inspections and has maintained compliance with various housing codes in recent years, though the history of infestations and transient use complaints in 2018-2019 suggests there were notable maintenance and regulatory compliance issues during that period that appear to have been resolved.