227 WEST 121 STREET, Manhattan, NY, 10027 is a 20-unit rental building in Harlem, NYC. See every violation, 311 complaint, tenant review, and the LucidIQ score — before you sign a lease.
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Pros: This building used to be really well run but it's been going downhill since 2018. Cons: Rats & roaches everywhere. Impossible to get repairs. No super. Advice to landlord: Abide by the terms of the lease and main…
Pros: Nice enough space Cons: Complete unresponsiveness. Routinely no hot water. Abysmal pest control inside (roaches) and garbage outside (rats). You will never hear from the property management company once you put pe…
Pros: how the old superintendent cleaned the floors and kept everything sanitary Cons: rat infestation and the majority of them are because of how nasty the building is the trash outside can’t be a thing Advice to land…
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Manhattan · March 2026
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Potential savings: ~8% by timing your move to November.
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HPD Class A Violation — (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR
HPD Class A Violation — § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PORCELAIN GLAZE ENAMEL AT THE BATHTUB I
HPD Class B Violation — § 27-2026 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL OBSTRUCTIONS AND REPAIR ALL DEFECTS IN THE WASTELINE AT THE BATHTUB IN THE BATHROOM LOCATE
HPD Class B Violation — § 27-2026 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CONNECTION AT THE WASTEPIPE AT THE SINK IN THE KITCHENETTE LOCATED AT
HPD Class B Violation — § 27-2045(B)(1)(A) HMC, § 12-01, § 12-03 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL SMOKE DETECTING DEV
HPD Class B Violation — § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LOWER SPRING BALANCE AT THE 2ND WINDOW FROM SOUTH AT W
HPD Class B Violation — § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CERAMIC TILES AT THE EAST WALL. IN THE
HPD Class A Violation — § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PORCELAIN GLAZE ENAMEL AT THE BATHTUB I
HPD Class B Violation — § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LOWER SPRING BALANCE AT THE WEST WINDOW IN THE 3rd ROO
HPD Class B Violation — § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT THE CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FR
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(A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPDS WEBSITE, WWW.NYC.GOV\HPD, SEARCH BED BUGS.
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PORCELAIN GLAZE ENAMEL AT THE BATHTUB IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LOCKING MECHANISM AT THE 1ST WINDOW FROM SOUTH AT WEST IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
§ 27-2026 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL OBSTRUCTIONS AND REPAIR ALL DEFECTS IN THE WASTELINE AT THE WASHBASIN IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
West Harlem around 125th Street is the neighborhood's commercial and cultural spine — the Apollo Theater, Studio Museum, and a corridor of new development coexist with decades-old barbershops and West African restaurants. Columbia's Manhattanville campus expansion is reshaping the western edge.