2027 3rd Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10029

2027 3rd Avenue is a 22-unit, 5-story old law tenement building in East Harlem, built in 1910 and currently owned by William Guerrero. The building has experienced several maintenance issues in recent years, with the most pressing current concern being an open unsanitary condition involving pests reported in March 2025. The building has undergone multiple inspections and repairs regarding fire safety, most notably in 2023 when violations were issued for defective fire doors and missing self-closing doors in the public halls across multiple stories, all of which were certified as corrected by March 2023.

A 2023 violation concerning the failure to file a 2020 external low-pressure inspection was dismissed in April 2025. The property has a documented history of maintenance issues, including water leaks, appliance problems, and door/window concerns. In 2020, there were separate incidents involving heavy water flow and refrigerator issues, both of which were inspected and closed with no violations found.

Between 2018 and 2020, the building experienced issues with roaches, door functionality, and was cited for not filing annual bedbug reports. However, since 2021, the building has consistently reported zero infested units in its bedbug filings, and recent rodent inspections from 2022 to 2025 have generally passed, with the exception of a rat activity report in June 2022. The property has shown some improvement in recent years, with all major violations from 2023 being addressed, though the current open pest issue in 2025 is notable and requires attention.