Longtime family ownership and zero open code violations, but winter heat calls and neighborhood air quality warrant a closer look.
A 12-unit Lower East Side walk-up held under the same family name since 1974. The operational record carries zero open housing-code violations, but winter heat calls, mouse reports, and surrounding air quality signals are active factors. Three things to know:
Winter heat complaints pop up in fall clusters. Five building-wide calls were logged between November 2024 and November 2025. All were marked closed, but the fall clustering points to recurring heating start-up hiccups as winter begins.
Rodent calls flared up through spring and summer 2026. Five pest and rodent calls hit the building between February and August 2026. While no open code violations resulted, the pattern indicates active pest activity around garbage storage.
Surrounding commercial exhaust and indoor air quality calls hit the nearby block. Within three blocks, 11 calls for food establishment conditions (6) and indoor air quality (5) hit the record over the last 12 months, pointing to localized restaurant exhaust or air-flow issues on surrounding parcels.
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221 Henry Street is a 12-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1002860007). This building is associated with Ming Yue LLC. Brix tracks 0 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1900, this walk-up apartment building sits in Manhattan and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.
Tenants have filed 46 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about heat/hot water.
What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:
The most recent complaint on this building was filed January 29, 2026.
The building last changed hands on May 22, 2015, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 64/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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Unit 4A at 221 Henry Street has no open violations (24 past violations).
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