18 East 127th Street, Manhattan, NY 10035

The three-story, four-unit apartment building at 18 East 127th Street in East Harlem, owned by Aretha Blake, has recorded both significant maintenance issues and consistent pest management compliance over recent years. The most pressing concerns emerged in December 2021, when multiple emergency housing maintenance complaints were filed regarding plumbing problems (including radiator and steam pipe issues), unsafe flooring conditions, and unsanitary mold problems.

These violations were investigated and documented by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), though some complaints were closed without violations being issued. The building also has open violations from 2023 and 2024 regarding the failure to file annual bedbug reports as required under HPD rules. The property is currently facing several outstanding violations from December 2021 specifically related to Apartment 1, including issues with a loose radiator, damaged plaster and paint, defective flooring, leaky bathroom faucet, and mold presence - all of which have not been resolved as of the most recent inspection data available.

Despite these ongoing violations, the building has maintained a good record in terms of rodent control, passing all nine recent inspections between 2017 and 2025. While there was a bedbug infestation recorded for the 2020-2021 reporting period, the property was listed as having zero infested units in the 2021 report, with no subsequent reports of infestation or re-infestation since then. The most recent inspections in 2025 have shown compliance with rodent control measures, though the outstanding violations and bedbug reporting requirements from previous years remain noteworthy points of concern.