The building keeps an open-violation-free record, but outdoor drug reports and food establishment activity nearby shape daily experience.
An 18-unit Lower East Side tenement building off Grand Street. The building holds zero open code violations, but street-level activity and ground-level commercial operation shape the surrounding environment. Three things to know:
Outdoor drug activity and sidewalk friction log directly at the building. Four complaints for outdoor drug activity were logged directly from this address in May 2026, with the most recent filed May 21, 2026. Within three blocks, street-level activity includes 179 encampment reports over the last year.
Commercial food operations nearby generate recurring air quality and kitchen calls. Thirty food establishment calls were logged within three blocks over the last year, with the most recent logged September 17, 2026. Nearby restaurant kitchen operations and exhaust venting can carry cooking odors or exhaust odors into upper-floor apartments through courtyard lightwells or air shafts.
After-hours construction noise has drawn repeated calls. Three calls were logged in March 2026 for construction noise outside allowed hours, ending April 2, 2026. The building also had a complaint logged for unpermitted work in an occupied dwelling in late 2024.
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72 Forsyth Street is a 18-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1003060006). This building is associated with N.m.g. Corp.. 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 2 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about plumbing.
What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:
The most recent complaint on this building was filed August 22, 2024.
The building last changed hands on April 5, 2016, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 68/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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Unit 12 at 72 Forsyth Street has no open violations (11 past violations), 1 permit filed ($7K, latest 2014).
Unit 8 at 72 Forsyth Street has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 3 at 72 Forsyth Street has no open violations (9 past violations).
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