652 West 189th Street, Manhattan, NY 10040

At 652 West 189th Street, a six-story, 96-unit New Law Tenement building constructed in 1915 and currently owned by Jason Goldberg, multiple concerning maintenance issues have emerged throughout 2025. As of July 2025, there are several open Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) complaints, including problems with cooking gas, window frames, smoke detectors, and walls, many of which are building-wide issues reported by multiple tenants. There was a significant heat/hot water complaint in early June 2025, and several emergency complaints related to cooking gas and door/window issues remain unresolved.

The building has a history of maintenance challenges, with violations documented in late 2024 involving door and window problems in Apartment 1C, including a boarded-up fire window, security issues with the self-closing door, and requirements to repair multiple windows and address paint conditions. Inspection records show that while there have been improvements in some areas, including passing rodent inspections in 2025 and 2024, there were earlier issues with rodent infestation in late 2021. The building's violation history includes problems with elevator systems (2018), gas utility concerns (2020), and a building stability complaint (2024) that resulted in a partial vacate order.

Notably, there was an illegal conversion complaint in June 2025 that has resulted in a violation being served. The property has maintained a consistent record of addressing bedbug issues, with no reported infestations or required eradications since 2019. The Department of Buildings has recorded various violations over the years, including failures to certify corrections for hazardous violations and to display required energy efficiency scores, though these particular violations have since been dismissed.