125 Vermilyea Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10034

125 Vermilyea Avenue is a 5-story, 17-unit New Law Tenement building located in Inwood, built in 1910 and currently owned by Jay Gruen. The building has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues throughout 2024 and into early 2025, with multiple emergency complaints filed between April 2024 and January 2025, affecting either the entire building or individual apartments. While most of these complaints were eventually resolved, they indicate an ongoing maintenance challenge with the building's heating system.

Other significant maintenance issues recorded include a heavy water leak complaint from September 2023 that required multiple inspections to address, and various building violations identified in 2023, including problems with floor tiles, fire retardant materials, and wall surfaces in the first-floor public hall. The building's maintenance history shows consistent attention to bedbug management, with all reports from 2021 to 2025 indicating zero infested units. In terms of rodent control, the building has shown variable results in recent inspections, with confirmed rat activity noted in October 2023 and January 2024, though it passed subsequent inspections in 2024 and 2025.

A significant garbage and recycling storage issue was reported in April 2024, which was investigated but resulted in no violations being issued. The building's management has generally addressed violations in a timely manner, as evidenced by the certification dates for corrected violations which typically fall within a few months of the initial inspection. The most recent bedbug report (May 2025) shows no current infestations, maintaining the clean record established since 2021.