216 East 122nd Street, Manhattan, NY 10035

216 East 122nd Street is a 6-story, 22-unit residential building constructed in 1920 and currently owned by Old Harlem Road, LP. The property has experienced persistent rodent issues throughout 2025, with multiple rat sightings and conditions attracting rodents reported between June 24 and June 30, 2025, as well as documented rat activity during inspections in April, May, June, and July 2025.

The building's maintenance concerns are noteworthy, with several active violations from a December 2024 inspection, including inadequate access to the heating system boiler room, water leak issues in Apartment 3B, defective building entrance door lock, and insufficient hot water supply in Apartment 3A. The property has an ongoing challenge with unsanitary conditions, particularly related to garbage/recycling storage, as evidenced by multiple non-emergency complaints in June 2025.

While the building has demonstrated compliance with bedbug reporting requirements, showing zero infested units in recent filings from 2022 to 2025, it has faced challenges with energy efficiency compliance, including active violations for failing to display energy efficiency scores and grades, and a history of benchmarking report filing violations from 2020 through 2024, though some of these violations were dismissed. Recent housing code violations and complaints suggest ongoing maintenance challenges, with some issues remaining open as of July 2025, including those related to water leaks, plumbing, and heat/hot water systems.