305 East 109th Street, Manhattan, NY 10029

The six-story, 24-unit tenement building at 305 East 109th Street in East Harlem, built in 1910 and owned by Christopher Capri, has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues throughout 2025. Between December 2024 and April 2025, there were ten documented complaints about heating and hot water problems affecting the entire building, all marked as emergencies by HPD. Notably, the department was repeatedly unable to gain access to units for inspection purposes.

The building has also faced several health and safety concerns over the past two years, including missing smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors in apartments 12 and 15 (September 2024 and January 2024, respectively), and a significant mold issue in Apartment 1 documented in February 2022. The property has maintained good rodent control, passing inspections consistently from 2018 through 2025, and has reported zero bedbug infestations in its most recent filings. Housing Maintenance Code violations show a pattern of critical safety issues, particularly in late 2023 through 2024, including problems with self-closing doors at the vestibule on the first floor (December 2023) and heating system access in the boiler room (November 2023).

The building's heating system appears to have been an ongoing challenge, with multiple violations recorded throughout 2023 and 2024, including inadequate heating supply for Apartment 15. While many of these issues have been marked as "Closed" in the records, the pattern of repeated heating complaints suggests persistent system challenges. The most recent building-wide heating complaints were filed in March and April 2025, demonstrating that this remains a significant concern for residents.