622 West 135th Street, Manhattan, NY 10031

622 West 135th Street is a 5-story, 60-unit New Law tenement building located in Harlem and owned by Lucrecia Almanzar. The 1926 structure has experienced recurring water-related issues, with open emergency complaints for heavy water leaks reported in March and May 2025, following a pattern of heat and hot water complaints that have persisted in recent years.

Between 2023 and 2025, there have been multiple heat and hot water complaints, including incidents affecting the entire building as well as individual apartments. The building underwent safety inspections in July 2024, revealing several violations including defective self-closing fire doors on multiple stories and a broken metal door frame on the east fire door at the first story, though some violations from previous inspections were closed during this period.

Apartment 5D has had multiple documented maintenance issues, including problems with plaster and paint, door fit, and reported fruit fly infestations, while apartment 1B has a noted issue with leaky bathroom faucets according to a September 2022 inspection. While the building has maintained a zero-report rate for bedbug infestations since 2019, rodent inspections have shown varying results, with reports of rat activity in early 2025 and in February 2020, though most recent inspections in 2023-2024 had passed consistently. The property has experienced a mix of non-emergency and emergency complaints, with the most recent open issues being water-related, suggesting ongoing maintenance challenges related to basic building systems.