202 West 102nd Street, Manhattan, NY 10025

The five-story, 19-unit old law tenement building at 202 West 102nd Street, owned by Burton Kassell and built in 1920, has experienced several recurring maintenance issues over the past few years, most notably concerning heat and hot water systems.

Between late 2019 and 2022, multiple complaints were filed regarding building-wide heat and hot water outages, though in most cases tenants reported that services had been restored before HPD could complete their inspections. The building has also faced persistent rodent issues, with the most recent inspection in December 2024 passing, though the property required multiple bait applications between late 2023 and early 2024 due to detected rat activity.

Notably, the building underwent inspections related to bedbug reporting between 2019 and 2024, consistently showing zero infested units during the reporting period, and there have been three separate complaints about parking lot lights shining on the building between late 2022 and 2023, though inspections found no violations in these cases. The property appears to have maintained compliance with actual bedbug infestations, as all recent reports from 2023-2024 show zero units affected, and while there was one complaint about an illegal conversion in 2020, this was closed due to the inspector's inability to gain access.