131 West 131st Street, Manhattan, NY 10027

This four-story, three-unit converted dwelling at 131 West 131st Street in Harlem, built in 1888 and currently owned by Christine Ferraro Hermann, has experienced several maintenance issues over the past three years. Most notably, the building has multiple open Class A violations regarding the filing of annual bedbug reports with HPD, dating back to inspections in 2022, 2023, and 2024.

The property has also had several emergency complaints in 2024-2025, including issues with doors/windows and cooking gas, though HPD inspectors were unable to gain access for inspection in at least three of these cases, resulting in closed complaints. A safety-related window guard issue was reported and inspected in April 2024, though no violations were issued at that time.

Despite these concerns, the building has maintained good rodent control, passing all nine rodent inspections conducted between 2017 and 2025, including recent inspections in May 2025 and November 2024. The most recent building maintenance issues seem to be concentrated around access problems for inspections rather than ongoing violations, as evidenced by multiple complaints where inspectors could not gain entry. While the unresolved bedbug report violations from 2022-2023 are concerning from a compliance standpoint, the building's rodent-free status indicates generally good overall maintenance practices.