13 Clinton Street, Manhattan

Affordability covenants keep building operations stable, while surrounding Lower East Side blocks carry high street and commercial activity.

The 19-unit building operates under low-income housing covenants tied to a mutual housing association, carrying zero open code violations. While building operations are managed without unresolved citations, the immediate surroundings carry concentrated street and commercial friction. Three things to know:

Commercial food operations nearby drive recurring indoor air quality and venting reports. Within three blocks, neighbors logged 15 indoor air quality calls and 15 food establishment complaints over the last 12 months. Restaurant venting and commercial kitchen exhaust on the block can travel through lightwells or lower-floor risers.

Curb conflicts and nighttime street noise concentrate right outside. Within three blocks, residents filed 803 illegal parking calls in the last 12 months, led by 300 blocked bike lanes and 223 posted-sign violations. Combined with 371 residential noise reports (mostly loud music and parties), curb space and street frontage stay busy late into the night.

Internal maintenance filings are sparse and resolved quickly. The building itself logged five calls in the last year, including one closed heat report from February 2025 and a rodent sighting in December 2025. Management resolved each call promptly without letting complaints turn into open housing code citations.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 178 unsanitary condition calls within three blocks, driven by 106 pest reports and 36 garbage storage issues
• 107 graffiti reports logged in the surrounding three-block radius over the last 12 months
• 13 outdoor encampment reports within three blocks during the past year
• The building keeps its own operational record clear, but neighborhood commercial and street activity are active.

13 Clinton Street is a 19-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1003500023). This building is associated with The City Of New York, Acting By And Through HPD. Brix tracks 0 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1920, 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 5 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:

• Heat/hot Water: 3 complaints
• Door/window: 2 complaints

The most recent complaint on this building was filed February 13, 2025.

The building last changed hands on July 30, 2019 for $8,567,298, according to recorded deeds.

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

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