510 West 142nd Street, Manhattan, NY 10031

The four-story, two-unit residential building at 510 West 142nd Street in Hamilton Heights, owned by James Eason and constructed in 1910, has a concerning pattern of administrative violations related to bedbug reporting requirements, with open violations documented annually from 2021 through 2024, indicating non-compliance with Housing Maintenance Code requirements to file annual bedbug reports with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD).

While the building has maintained a clean record in rodent inspections, passing all ten inspections between 2016 and 2025, there have been two notable complaints about potential illegal conversions or illegal hotel rooms in the building - one in 2023 regarding illegal conversion and another in 2019 concerning illegal hotel rooms - both of which were closed due to the inspector's inability to gain access during the final attempts. The property's inspection history reveals a mixed compliance record, with specific attention needed regarding the repeated bedbug reporting violations, which are classified as Class A violations.

The building's age and conversion status as a "Heretofore Converted Class B" property suggest it underwent prior conversion from its original design, though the nature and legality of the current configuration remain somewhat ambiguous due to the past complaints about illegal conversions. The property has consistently passed rodent inspections, which is a positive note regarding basic sanitation and pest control, and there are no recorded fire safety violations in the available data.