228 West 141st Street, Manhattan, NY 10030

The five-story residential building at 228 West 141st Street in Harlem, owned by Kenneth Morrison, is a New Law tenement constructed in 1920 containing 13 units. The property has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues during early 2025, with multiple emergency complaints filed between January 12 and January 31, 2025, indicating building-wide system failures.

These heating system problems follow a similar pattern of complaints throughout 2024 and 2023, suggesting an ongoing maintenance challenge. The building's utility systems have also shown vulnerabilities, with documented electrical issues (no lighting) in March 2024 and concerns about garbage/recycling storage conditions in June 2024. Recent inspections from late 2023 through early 2024 have revealed several outstanding maintenance issues that require attention.

Notable violations include a lack of proper smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in apartment 4B, necessary repairs to the building entrance door and various public areas, and multiple repair requirements in apartment 2B. The building's owner has active Department of Buildings violations from April 2023 related to failure to file the 2022 external low-pressure inspection, though rodent inspections conducted between September 2023 and May 2025 consistently passed, with bait application noted in late 2023. While the building has filed its bedbug reports for the period ending October 2024 with no reported infestations, the recurring nature of heating system complaints and other building maintenance issues suggests ongoing challenges with infrastructure reliability.