5 East 131st Street, Manhattan, NY 10037

5 East 131st Street is a five-story, nine-unit residential building constructed in 1900, currently owned by Greg Cohen and classified as an Old Law Tenement located in East Harlem. The building's maintenance history is generally positive, with consistent rodent inspections showing compliance and passing results in 10 consecutive inspections from 2017 through 2025.

The property has maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations, with all seven mandatory bedbug reports from 2019 through 2025 showing zero infested dwelling units, zero eradicated units, and zero re-infested units. While there was one Housing Maintenance Code violation recorded in 2021 regarding the late submission of the annual bedbug report, this violation is now closed.

The building experienced two Department of Buildings complaints in recent years, one in September 2021 concerning construction beyond approved plans and another in February 2023 related to work without a permit, though both investigations found no violations at the time of inspection. The property's record suggests active management with regular compliance checks, particularly in terms of pest control and building maintenance, with no significant patterns of violations or resident complaints that would impact habitability or safety. The most recent bedbug report from June 2025 covers the period from November 2023 to October 2024, continuing the property's history of successful infestation prevention.