74 West 127th Street, Manhattan, NY 10027

74 West 127th Street in Harlem is a 2-family, 2-story residential building constructed in 1909, currently owned by Katy Kattelman. The property experienced significant maintenance issues in 2022, particularly affecting apartment 2 on the second story, including problems with safety devices (non-functioning smoke and carbon monoxide detectors), pest infestations (mice and roaches), door malfunctions, and various repair needs such as missing ceiling plates and window balance issues.

Multiple Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) violations were issued in September 2022, though some were subsequently closed. The building also faced heat and hot water concerns in October 2022 affecting the entire structure. Since 2022, there has been marked improvement in building conditions, with all recent rodent inspections from 2022 through March 2025 showing passed results.

The most recent rodent inspections in 2025 and late 2024 indicate successful maintenance of pest control measures. The building's complaint history suggests a period of concentrated maintenance issues in 2022, particularly during March-October of that year, but shows no major complaints or violations in the past two years. The property's violation history indicates several unresolved issues as of the last inspections in 2022-2023, primarily focused on apartment 2, though the absence of recent complaints or violations suggests these may have been addressed, or at least are no longer persisting to the same extent.