23 West 120th Street, Manhattan, NY 10027

The 6-unit, 3-story building at 23 West 120th Street in Harlem, owned by Jayson Gardner, has been in existence since 1888 and operates as a New Law Single Room Occupancy building. The property currently has multiple open violations that warrant attention, particularly regarding building safety compliance.

Most notably, there are persistent Housing Maintenance Code violations from 2021 through 2024, all relating to the failure to file required annual bedbug reports, which have remained unresolved over multiple years. Additionally, there is an active Department of Buildings violation from September 2024 concerning the failure to file the 2023 External Low Pressure Inspection report. A concerning pattern emerges, with multiple violations for not filing required inspections between 2018 and 2023 for the same external low pressure system, suggesting ongoing neglect of safety requirements.

On a more positive note, the building has maintained a clean record regarding rodent inspections, passing all six inspections conducted between 2022 and 2025, with the most recent inspection in February 2025 indicating no rodent issues. While the regular rodent monitoring suggests good hygiene maintenance in this specific area, the persistent bedbug report violations and the multiple unfiled safety inspection requirements indicate potential gaps in overall building maintenance and compliance with basic housing standards. The comprehensive history of violations related to both bedbug reporting and low pressure system inspections, when considered together, paints a picture of ongoing compliance challenges at this property, with the most recent building violations indicating that these issues have not been resolved despite multiple citations over several years.