145 Morningside Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10027

145 Morningside Avenue is a four-story, 24-unit Old Law Tenement building in Harlem, constructed in 1900 and currently owned by Ana Ruiz. The building has a significant number of open violations related to bedbug reporting requirements, with notices of violation issued in 2021, 2022, 2023, and most recently in 2024, all citing failure to file the mandatory annual bedbug report as per HPD regulations. In January 2019, there was a gas utility referral complaint that led to an investigation and an active Environmental Control Board violation for unpermitted work involving gas valve and fitting installations in apartment 3F, resulting in a $1,250 penalty.

This year, in June 2023, the building was cited for failure to file its 2019 external low-pressure inspection records, and there remains an active violation from April 2019 regarding uncorrected immediately hazardous conditions. Despite these violations, the building has consistently passed rodent inspections over the past several years. Records show successful rodent control in inspections conducted every six months, with the most recent inspections in June 2025, December 2024, and passing results dating back to 2019.

This pattern of addressing rodent issues is notable, though it appears to be an ongoing concern given the frequency of inspections. The building's historical data also shows attention to indoor air quality concerns in February 2022, where a complaint resulted in a letter being sent to the property management. While the building has maintained regular rodent inspections success, the persistence of the bedbug reporting violations and the 2019 gas-related issues suggest some ongoing challenges with compliance to certain housing regulations.