151 West 143rd Street, Manhattan, NY 10030

151 West 143rd Street is a 5-story, 15-unit New Law tenement building in Harlem, constructed in 1920 and currently owned by Lisa Beaubien. The building has experienced recurring maintenance issues in recent years, with particularly notable problems emerging in 2025.

Between March 14 and March 23, 2025, there were two separate heat/hot water complaints for the entire building, with one resulting in a violation for inadequate heat/hot water. Additionally, there are currently three open Housing Maintenance Code complaints related to unsanitary conditions and pests as of June 2025, following multiple pest-related complaints throughout late 2024 and 2025. The building's maintenance history shows several significant infrastructure concerns, including two boiler-related complaints in 2020 and 2022 that resulted in Oath Violations being served.

A December 2023 complaint about illegal hotel rooms in residential buildings was referred to the NYC Housing Authority. Access issues have been a recurring theme in several complaint investigations, with inspectors frequently unable to gain entry to the building or individual units for inspections, particularly regarding heat/hot water and pest-related complaints. While some complaints have been resolved through inspections and violations, as evidenced by the March 20 and March 23, 2025 inspections (one plumbing-related and one heat-related), the building continues to experience persistent maintenance challenges that suggest ongoing oversight and maintenance compliance issues.