437 West 125th Street, Manhattan, NY 10027

437 West 125th Street is a five-story, 40-unit Old Law Tenement building located in Harlem, constructed in 1901 and currently owned by Peter Murray. The building has experienced persistent heat and hot water issues throughout 2024 and into 2025, with multiple emergency complaints filed by tenants, including three separate complaints in June 2025 that were either duplicates or could not be verified due to access issues.

Other significant maintenance concerns include a heavy water leak incident in March 2025 and various building violations. Of particular note, there are multiple open violations from March 2024 in apartment 5E relating to defective refrigerator door gaskets, hardwood floor damage, plastered surfaces, and plumbing issues. Apartment 4C has multiple open violations from December 2023 concerning lead paint hazards and paint requirements, while apartment 4J has an open violation from March 2024 regarding defective self-closing doors.

The building's mechanical systems have faced scrutiny, with an active violation recorded in September 2024 for failure to file the 2023 external low-pressure inspection. While the property has maintained a clean record for bedbugs in recent reporting periods (2022-2025), rodent inspections have shown mixed results, with the most recent inspections in 2023-2024 yielding both passing and failing results for rat activity and other reasons. The pattern of complaints and violations suggests ongoing maintenance challenges, particularly regarding building-wide systems like heating and plumbing, though many inspections have resulted in conditions not violating housing laws, and some violations from previous years have been closed.