204 West 118th Street, Manhattan, NY 10026

204 West 118th Street is a 5-story, 20-unit old law tenement building in Harlem, constructed in 1910 and currently owned by 200/02/04;w;118;st Hdfc;corp. The building has experienced persistent heating and hot water issues over the past two years, with multiple emergency complaints filed through HPD, particularly concentrated between October 2024 and June 2025, suggesting ongoing system failures. Several complaints during this period indicate difficulties with access for inspections, though HPD has attempted to address the building-wide concerns.

The building also had significant maintenance violations identified in 2023-2024, particularly in apartment 3A, including issues with kitchen painting, leaky faucets, and defective self-closing doors, all of which remain open as of 2025. Earlier violations from 2024 included an inspection that revealed both a locked boiler room access issue and hot water problems in apartment 2A. The property has an interesting history regarding building exterior maintenance, with two ECB violations issued in 2019 concerning the cornice condition, including one that remains active with a $625 penalty.

Safety measures have been a focus, with violations in early 2023 regarding gas leak and carbon monoxide detector requirements, though these were certified as corrected by April 2023. The building has consistently passed rodent inspections from 2019 through 2025, with only one instance of rat activity noted in September 2019, and no bedbug infestations reported in the most recent two annual filings (2024 and 2023). The property, while maintaining a historical character typical of older Harlem tenements, appears to be struggling with basic infrastructure maintenance, particularly regarding heating systems and some interior apartment conditions, based on the available complaint and violation history.