10 Convent Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10027

The property at 10 Convent Avenue in Harlem is a 3-story, 4-unit building constructed in 1926 and currently owned by Rennie Somar. The building has experienced several regulatory challenges in recent years, particularly regarding bedbug reporting compliance.

Between 2021 and 2024, the building received four Housing Maintenance Code violations for failing to file annual bedbug reports, though recent filings indicate no confirmed bedbug infestations between November 2022 and October 2023. The building's lighting situation at the front entrance has been a concern, with an open violation from 2019 regarding inadequate lighting that required 100 watts minimum during nighttime hours.

Most notably, there have been recent issues with rodent inspections, with failures recorded in initial inspections in February and March 2025, following a pattern of successful compliance in previous years. The building showed consistently passing compliance results in most inspections from 2019 through 2024, suggesting generally good maintenance practices, though the recent rodent inspection failures indicate a significant ongoing concern. While the building has had its share of violations, the property has demonstrated some responsiveness to regulatory requirements, as evidenced by the recent bedbug reporting submission and the closure of several historical violations, though the current rodent situation remains a notable exception.