2540 Fredrick Douglass Bl, Manhattan, NY 10030

2540 Frederick Douglass Boulevard is a 5-story, 17-unit Old Law Tenement building in Harlem, constructed in 1910 and currently owned by Lloyd Williams. The property has experienced persistent maintenance issues throughout 2024-2025, with multiple open complaints as of May 2025, including electrical problems (specifically no lighting), plumbing issues (including basin/sink problems), and door-related concerns. The building has a documented history of pest issues, particularly during 2024-2025, with violations recorded for rodent infestations affecting both common areas and individual apartments, including 3A and 5C.

Additional maintenance problems have been identified through Housing Maintenance Code violations, including missing smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors in 5C, unsanitary conditions, and various maintenance needs such as broken waste line connections and defective faucets. The building's rodent control efforts appear to be ongoing, with bait applications recorded monthly throughout 2025, sparking from initial rat activity inspections in March and April 2025. More recent developments include multiple emergency service requests related to lighting and plumbing issues created in May 2025, all of which remain unresolved.

The building has shown some compliance on certain health and safety matters, as evidenced by the absence of bedbug infestations in recent reporting periods (2022-2024), though past reports from 2024-2025 indicate other persistent maintenance challenges. Historical records from 2022 show a complaint regarding work without a permit in a neighboring building that was investigated and found with no violations, and three permits have been issued in 2023-2025 for unspecified work under job number 141022989. The building's combined history of rodent activity, electrical problems, and plumbing issues suggests ongoing challenges with basic maintenance requirements, while the presence of multiple open emergency complaints as of mid-2025 is of particular note.