257 West 139th Street, Manhattan, NY 10030

The four-story, five-unit building at 257 West 139th Street in Harlem, currently owned by Quincy Delince, has experienced several ongoing compliance issues in recent years. Most notably, there is a recurring violation related to the failure to file the required annual bedbug report, with open violations recorded in 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021.

These violations, classified as Class A under the Housing Maintenance Code, indicate a potential pattern of non-compliance with bedbug reporting requirements. Additionally, the building has multiple active Department of Buildings violations regarding external low pressure inspections, with unaddressed violations recorded between 2018 and 2023, including the most recent violation from September 2024 for failure to file the 2023 inspection report. There is also an outstanding violation from November 2019 for failure to file the 2017 boiler inspection report.

On a positive note, the building has consistently passed rodent inspections over the past eight years, with the most recent inspections in 2025, 2024, and throughout 2023 all showing "Passed" results. While the building has maintained satisfactory conditions regarding rodent presence, the cumulative effect of the open bedbug report violations and multiple unfiled inspection records raises concerns about the building's maintenance compliance tracking systems. It's worth noting that the building has a long history dating back to 1891, and while most violations are administrative in nature, the pattern of unfiled inspection reports could indicate either oversight or inadequate record-keeping processes.