217 West 121st Street, Manhattan, NY 10027

217 West 121st Street is a 5-story, 62-unit converted old law tenement building located in Harlem, built in 1910 and currently owned by Seon Assevero. The building has experienced recurring issues with heating and hot water systems, particularly in the past two years. From April 2024 through February 2025, there have been multiple complaints regarding heat and hot water outages, including four emergency complaints affecting the entire building and one incident reported for individual apartments, with the most recent being filed in February 2025.

While the Department of Housing Preservation and Development has responded to these complaints, often confirming restoration of services, the frequency and pattern of these outages indicate an ongoing infrastructure challenge. The building's pest management records show relatively minimal bedbug activity between 2019 and 2022. During this period, only one unit reported an infestation in 2020-2021, which was successfully eradicated, with no reported re-infestations.

Subsequent reports from 2021 through 2022 indicated no infested units, including two separate filings in December 2022 that reported zero infested or re-infested units. This suggests that while the building has faced some pest challenges in the past, the situation appeared to have been effectively addressed by late 2022. The documented history of the building shows a significant concern with heating system reliability, particularly in recent months, while also demonstrating effective management of bedbug infestations when they occurred. The building's age and classification as a converted old law tenement are consistent with the typical challenges faced by similar structures in New York City.