240 West 116th Street, Manhattan, NY 10026

240 West 116th Street is a 5-story, 12-unit New Law Tenement building constructed in 1920 and currently owned by Jerome White. The property has experienced recurring maintenance issues over recent years, with significant problems occurring between late 2021 and early 2022, including multiple heat and hot water complaints affecting the entire building, an electrical power outage, and various plumbing emergencies.

During 2022, the building faced compliance and maintenance challenges that resulted in several open violations, including issues with self-closing doors, stair safety concerns, and general cleaning maintenance requirements. Compounding these structural and maintenance matters, there are multiple active Environmental Control Board violations from 2023 and 2024 related to failure to submit required engineer's reports concerning structural conditions, as well as building maintenance issues including a partially collapsed ceiling in the ground-floor retail space. Most concerning is the building's documented history of structural and safety violations, as evidenced by the recent active ECB violations with significant penalties totaling $50,000, and construction-related violations from 2022 suggesting unauthorized work had been performed.

The property has demonstrated ongoing rodent issues, with multiple inspections revealing rat activity between 2022 and 2025, though recent inspections have shown some improvement in rodent compliance. While the building's bedbug reporting history from 2019 through 2024 shows zero reported infestations, the property has experienced periodic maintenance challenges requiring tenant complaints to address basic services such as heat and water. The combined history of maintenance issues, active violations, and pest control concerns suggests ongoing property management challenges at this 12-unit Harlem building.