530 West 123rd Street, Manhattan, NY 10027

The five-story, 11-unit tenement building at 530 West 123rd Street in Morningside Heights, constructed in 1901 and owned by Margaret Brunn, has experienced numerous maintenance issues in recent years. Most notably, there have been multiple heat and hot water problems throughout 2025, with several complaints regarding both building-wide and individual apartment issues between February and March 2025, despite HPD's difficulty in gaining access to perform inspections. The building has also faced electrical issues, with two power outage incidents reported in May 2025, one of which prompted an immediate emergency response from HPD.

Other maintenance concerns include an open complaint regarding the building's buzzer/intercom system (March 2025), and a window frame issue (February 2025) where HPD was unable to complete an inspection. The property has a history of violations requiring attention to critical safety features, particularly in Apartment 1, where a July 2024 inspection revealed multiple issues including mold (noted as currently open and classified as a Class C violation), water leakage, broken window hardware, and missing smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. The building's heating system has been the subject of multiple violations, with specific citations in December 2024 regarding inadequate heat and hot water supply in Apartment 5.

Recent rodent activity has been consistently recorded, with inspections from June 2023 through June 2025 all showing rat activity, and bait application documented in late 2024. Additional historical context includes recent enforcement actions for alleged illegal apartment conversion (March 2024), though access was not granted for inspection, and a 2023 boiler complaint that resulted in no violations being found. The building's permit history shows multiple improvement projects between 2018 and 2020, including equipment and plumbing work, but the specific nature of these improvements is not detailed in the provided data. Despite these various issues, the building has maintained a consistent record of no bedbug infestations reported in the past eight reporting periods from 2019 through 2024, with the most recent reports showing zero units affected.