307 West 126th Street, Manhattan, NY 10027

307 West 126th Street is a five-story, 10-unit old law tenement building located in Harlem, built in 1910 and currently owned by Greg Poverelli. The building experienced a significant fire event in 2024, with damage documented in apartments 1A, 2A, and 4A, for which Class C housing maintenance code violations were issued.

As of October 2024, there are still open Class C violations regarding fire safety concerns, including damaged fire-retardant materials near the basement entrance and defective glass panes in windows and skylights throughout the building. The property has maintained an active record of compliance with bedbug reporting requirements, showing no infestation cases in the past six reporting periods from 2019 to 2024.

Regular rodent inspections have generally yielded passing results, though there were instances of rat activity noted in 2019 and 2020. The building has been subject to various maintenance issues and violations over the years, including plumbing problems in 2019 (which were referred to the Fire Department) and a need for winterization of windows and doors in 2019, though some violations from 2019 were subsequently dismissed based on corrected defects. A 2021 Class A violation regarding bedbug reporting was closed, and prior to the recent fire incident, the building appeared to be generally maintaining compliance with housing maintenance codes.