135 West 118th Street, Manhattan, NY 10026

The three-story, three-unit building at 135 West 118th Street in Harlem, owned by Chelsea Venet and constructed in 1904, has experienced several notable incidents over the past several years. Most pressing were structural concerns in late 2019, when multiple complaints were filed regarding building stability, shaking, and wall conditions, particularly affecting the rear yard area.

An active violation from October 2019 remains on record concerning disrepair of adjacent property walls at 137 West 118th Street, which were reportedly causing safety hazards and led to a partial vacate order for the rear yard of 135 West 118th Street. In 2018, there was a window pane issue that the Department of Housing Preservation and Development could not inspect, though this complaint was eventually closed. The building has demonstrated compliance with rodent control measures, passing inspections consistently from 2017 through 2025.

While the property has maintained a bedbug-free status in recent inspections and reports (with the most recent 2024-2025 report showing no infested or re-infested units), there have been multiple Housing Maintenance Code violations noted between 2021 and 2024 regarding the failure to file annual bedbug reports as required by HPD regulations. Despite these violations, the building has maintained an active rodent control program, with all inspections yielding "Passed" results. The most recent violation data from 2024 indicates the bedbug reporting issue is no longer active, and the property has continued to pass all subsequent rodent inspections through early 2025.