138 West 123rd Street, Manhattan, NY 10027

The three-story, two-unit building at 138 West 123rd Street in Harlem, owned by Allan Vernon, is a New Law Single Room Occupancy property dating back to 1878. The building has demonstrated consistent compliance with rodent control measures, passing all initial inspections from 2018 through 2025, indicating effective pest management practices.

Recent maintenance issues have emerged, including a closed HPD investigation from late 2023 regarding an electric/gas range, for which inspectors were unable to gain access. This situation is mirrored in a parallel Housing Maintenance Code complaint from the same period. The building has faced recurring violations related to bedbug reporting between 2021 and 2024, specifically concerning the failure to file annual bedbug reports as required under § HMC, though these violations have since been closed.

Significantly, recent bedbug reports for the two-year periods ending October 2023 and October 2022 show no reported infestations or eradications, suggesting successful management of this issue in recent times. A single Department of Buildings violation from November 2019 was dismissed. The building's overall maintenance record shows attention to both rodent control and bedbug reporting obligations, with the most current bedbug reporting period indicating 0 infested units, while the building's 311 service requests and Housing Maintenance Code violations suggest some ongoing maintenance challenges that require monitoring.