618 St Nicholas Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10030

The five-story tenement building at 618 St Nicholas Avenue in Harlem, owned by Herminio Torres, has experienced several significant maintenance issues in recent months, primarily related to water and sanitation problems. The most recent service requests from June 2025 include complaints about mold, heating issues, and plumbing problems, though inspectors were unable to gain access for proper evaluation in these cases. There is also an open complaint from February 2025 regarding water supply issues.

Between February and April 2025, multiple water leak complaints were reported, with varying degrees of inspection results, including some that did not violate housing laws. The building has persistent issues with access during inspections, as evidenced by multiple cases where inspectors could not conduct proper evaluations. Prior to these recent problems, an October 2024 inspection revealed several violations primarily affecting apartment 4B, including issues with wood flooring, plaster surfaces, windows, and various safety systems such as smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors.

While some of these violations were subsequently certified as corrected, others remain open. The building has maintained a relatively clean record regarding pest control, with no bedbug infestations reported in the past six years, and passed all recent rodent inspections from 2022 through 2025. The property, built in 1910, has a history of water-related issues, as evidenced by multiple complaints over the years. A Department of Buildings complaint from December 2021 regarding site conditions was investigated but found no violation at that time.