28 West 132nd Street, Manhattan, NY 10037

The five-story, 30-unit building at 28 West 132nd Street in Harlem, owned by Jay Newhouse and built in 1910, has experienced recurring heating and hot water issues over the past several years. Most recently, there were heat/hot water complaints in January 2025 and January 2024, with varying degrees of inspection access and resolution. The building has also faced plumbing issues, with a water supply complaint in August 2024 that was resolved.

Between late 2020 and early 2021, the building had several related complaints about heating problems, with multiple reports of both apartment-specific and building-wide issues. More generally, the property has demonstrated some maintenance challenges, including four periods of reporting unsanitary conditions in the garbage/recycling storage areas between 2019 and 2020, though no violations were issued in these cases. Recent inspections and compliance checks present a mixed picture: there is currently an active violation from April 2023 regarding failure to file the 2022 external low pressure inspection, and a previous bedbug reporting violation from 2024.

However, the building has consistently passed rodent inspections in 2024-2025, though there were some issues noted in 2023, including failed inspections for rat activity and other reasons. Notably, safety improvements have been made, such as addressing smoke and carbon monoxide detector requirements in 2021 for apartment 4B, and various interior repairs to address maintenance violations in apartment 1B were completed in 2019. The building's bedbug reporting history from 2019 through 2024 shows consistent zero infestation counts. The property underwent an inspection for illegal hotel rooms in May 2021, which found no violations, and has maintained compliance with local law audits as of 2020.