540 WEST 126 STREET is a prewar 1901 building, 1 unit in Harlem, NYC. Owned by OLD BROADWAY HOTEL INC. Public records show 38 open violations, 13 311 complaints, 1 active litigation matter on file. Risk signals: 1 bedbug report.
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§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF HOT WATER TEMPERATURE EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE TEMPERATURE OF 130F AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE KITCHENETTE LOCATED AT B-ROOM 302, 1st STORY, 1st B-ROOM FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2056.4 ADM CODE- CORRECT FAILURE TO NOTIFY OCCUPANTS AND/OR TO INVESTIGATE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARDS.
§ 27-2056.7 ADM CODE: CORRECT FAILURE TO PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN 45 DAYS OF DEMAND ALL RECORDS REQUIRED TO BE MAINTAINED BY OWNER PURSUANT TO LOCAL LAW 1 OF 2004 RELATED TO LEAD-BASED PAINT NOTICES, INSPECTIONS AND REMEDIATION/ABATEMENT ACTIVITIES.
§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE HINGES IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 3C, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST , SECTION ''5''
§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROX 4 SQ. FT IN 1ST AND 2ND WINDOW SILL AT WEST WINDOW IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 3C, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST , SECTION ''5''
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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.
HPD Class C Violation — § 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF HOT WATER TEMPERATURE EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE
Illegal Parking — Double Parked Blocking Traffic
Lead — Lead Kit Request (Residential) (L10)
UNSANITARY CONDITION — PESTS
UNSANITARY CONDITION — PESTS
HPD Class C Violation — § 27-2056.7 ADM CODE: CORRECT FAILURE TO PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN 45 DAYS OF DEMAND ALL RECORDS REQUIRED TO BE M
HPD Class C Violation — § 27-2056.4 ADM CODE- CORRECT FAILURE TO NOTIFY OCCUPANTS AND/OR TO INVESTIGATE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARDS.
UNSANITARY CONDITION — PESTS
UNSANITARY CONDITION — PESTS
UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD