11 Eldridge Street, Manhattan

Family-owned Chinatown walk-up with open administrative violations and heavy ground-floor commercial exposure.

Long-held Chinatown walk-up owned by the Ngai family since 1974. While open physical housing violations are absent, administrative maintenance has lapsed, and commercial activity around the building leaves a strong footprint. Three things to know:

Property paperwork shows repeated administrative gaps. The building carries five open violations—two class A citations for unfiled annual bedbug reports and three administrative penalties for failing to file valid property registration statements, most recently in November 2024. While there are no open physical repair orders, the repeated registration lapses point to neglected city paperwork.

Commercial food establishment activity generates local exhaust exposure. 81 food establishment complaints were logged within three blocks over the last 12 months, with the most recent filed September 10, 2026. In dense mixed-use Chinatown blocks, commercial kitchen venting and exhaust can bleed directly into residential lightwells and interior risers.

Surrounding streets carry heavy residential and commercial sound. 277 residential noise calls were logged within three blocks over the past year, heavily dominated by interior banging and pounding (196 calls). Ground-level commercial activity adds another 240 noise calls nearby, making window exposure a central factor for unit comfort.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 196 encampment reports within three blocks over the last year, reflecting ongoing street activity.
• 216 graffiti reports logged across the three-block radius in the past 12 months.
• 2 off-hours construction noise calls logged against the building, most recently in February 2026.

11 Eldridge Street is a 18-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1002920026). This building is associated with Ngai, Kenneth. Brix tracks 8 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.

Conditions cited on open violations at this address:

• (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
• §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE SUBJECT TO CIVIL PEN

The building last changed hands on November 5, 2009, according to recorded deeds.

Brix score: 61/100. View the Building Report on Brix.

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