281 West 150th Street, Manhattan, NY 10039

The 5-story, 20-unit tenement building at 281 West 150th Street in Harlem, owned by Andrew Kleiman and constructed in 1920, has experienced notable maintenance challenges in recent years, with the most pressing issues emerging in late 2024 and continuing into 2025. A significant cluster of complaints and violations was documented in December 2024, particularly affecting apartment 4A, including unsanitary conditions (pest infestations), door and window issues, wall maintenance problems, and water-related concerns, with some violations classified as Class A (immediate concern) and others as Class B (less urgent).

The building has shown recurring issues with water leaks, with complaints filed in both March and December 2024, and persistent pest problems evidenced by multiple HPD violations for rodents and insects. More recent developments include rat activity records from early 2025, with bait application occurring regularly between January and July 2025.

The building's maintenance history shows a mix of resolved and ongoing issues, with an emergency complaint about a door problem filed in December 2024 and a building stability complaint investigated in January 2025 that resulted in no violations being found. Despite these challenges, the property has maintained a consistent record of bedbug inspections from 2019 through 2024, showing zero infested units in each reporting period. The Department of Housing Preservation and Development has conducted multiple inspections in response to complaints, issuing violations that require the property owner to address the identified conditions within specified timeframes, though some complaints have been closed without violations being issued due to lack of access to affected areas.