140 West 131st Street, Manhattan, NY 10027

140 West 131st Street is a 3-story, 4-unit residential building in Harlem owned by Thomasina White and constructed in 1886. The property has experienced several significant maintenance issues in recent years, most notably an ongoing electrical lighting problem reported in March 2025 that remains unresolved. In December 2024, there was a heat and hot water outage affecting the entire building, though inspection access could not be obtained to verify the conditions.

The building has a history of various maintenance violations, with the most recent inspections revealing several issues in 2023 including the need for wall painting in Apartment A and repair of defective masonry under a window near the entrance. Previous violations have included requirements for proper building signage, heating system access information, and multiple safety equipment checks between 2020-2022, though all were eventually closed. The building's maintenance record shows regular rodent inspections, all of which have passed between 2017 and 2025, indicating effective pest control measures.

Notably, there have been no reported bedbug infestations in the past eight years, with the most recent bedbug report from December 2024 showing zero infested units. The property has maintained compliance with annual bedbug reporting requirements, and all violations related to bedbug reporting and documentation were resolved in 2021. The building's current open complaint regarding electrical lighting represents the most pressing ongoing maintenance issue as of early 2025.