1240 Madison Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10128

1240 Madison Avenue is a 13-story, 60-unit New Law Tenement building constructed in 1925 and currently owned by Lloyd Heller. The building has experienced several maintenance and safety issues in recent years, most notably a heating system problem documented in early 2025 that prompted a Department of Health response, and multiple elevator-related violations remaining active since 2019 regarding failure to correct defects.

The property has encountered multiple complaints about unauthorized construction work, with investigations in 2019 and 2024, though no violations were warranted following inspections. While the building has maintained a consistent record of passing rodent inspections between 2010 and 2019, it did have an annual bedbug reporting requirement violation issued in 2023, though subsequent filings from 2024 show no evidence of infestations, with all units listed as free from infestation or re-infestation. The building's history shows some persistent regulatory challenges, including a Category 5 inspection violation issued in December 2021 that remained active until being dismissed in May 2025.

Between 2018 and 2020, multiple Environmental Control Board violations were recorded regarding construction work that did not conform to approved plans, particularly relating to improper placement of planter boxes and support posts for glass railings. The property has regularly filed its bedbug reports between 2019 and 2024, consistently indicating zero infested units. Multiple permits were issued in 2019 for various work types, suggesting ongoing maintenance and improvements to the building system.