512 West 136th Street, Manhattan, NY 10031

The six-story New Law Tenement at 512 West 136th Street, owned by Leon Lovinger, has experienced persistent heating and hot water issues over the past two years, with multiple complaints recorded between late 2024 and early 2025. Specifically, there were eight heat/hot water-related complaints between November 2024 and January 2025, affecting both individual apartments and the entire building, though many complaints were closed after inspections found services had been restored or were unable to gain access to the affected units. An open heat complaint remains from November 2024, and violations were recorded in January 2024 for inadequate heat supply in apartment 4B and locked access to the heating system in the basement.

The building has maintained a consistent record of passing rodent inspections, with all ten inspections conducted between 2016 and 2025 passing successfully. While there have been no recorded bedbug infestations in recent years, a bedbug report filing was required in 2022. In 2023-2024, the building underwent some maintenance work, including repairs to the fifth-story public hall ceiling's fire retardant material and painting, with a violation issued for failure to file an annual boiler inspection report in 2020 that was eventually dismissed in 2021. Most recently, in May 2025, there was a complaint about smoking in a smoke-free area, which was addressed by the NYC Health Department.

The building's elevator service was inspected in 2019 following a complaint, but no violations were found at that time. The property has also experienced some access issues for inspections, particularly related to heat/hot water complaints in both 2024 and 2025, which has resulted in multiple complaints needing to be re-filed. The building's owner has generally addressed violations within required timeframes, as evidenced by the "Closed" status of most Housing Maintenance Code Violations. The property's heating system and related access issues appear to be the most significant recurring maintenance concern, while other building systems, including elevators and pest control, have generally been maintained according to city standards.