2012 3rd Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10029

The 6-unit, 4-story Old Law Tenement building at 2012 3rd Avenue in East Harlem, owned by Willim Guerrero, has experienced ongoing maintenance challenges, particularly regarding basic utilities and building systems. Most notably, there was a significant period of heat and hot water issues in November 2024, with multiple emergency complaints filed regarding building-wide heating problems, though many of these complaints were duplicates of existing issues.

More recently, in December 2024, there were water supply problems that prompted an HPD inspection attempt, which could not be completed due to access issues. The building has also faced plumbing, water leak, and pest control challenges, particularly in apartment 3B, which has had documented issues with roach infestations, water supply problems, and other code violations between 2020 and 2023. The property's mechanical systems have been under scrutiny, with historical violations for failure to file annual Boiler and Low Pressure Inspection reports in 2019 and 2023, though these were ultimately dismissed.

However, there is currently an open water leak violation from June 2025 that remains unresolved. On a positive note, recent rodent inspections (most recently in June 2025) have consistently passed, and the building has maintained a zero infestation rate for bedbugs in the past several reporting periods, with no units recorded as infested or requiring eradication from 2020 through 2024. The building's management has shown some responsiveness to maintenance issues, as evidenced by the closure of several complaints through repairs or inspections, but access issues for inspections have been a recurring theme in multiple complaints across different inspection periods.