134 Avenue C, Manhattan

Affordable housing framework marked by open water violations and active street-level air complaints.

This 22-unit pre-war rental operates under a non-profit affordable housing structure. The address carries 7 open violations along with recurring winter heat complaints, while neighborhood air quality and leak patterns show active friction. Three things to know:

Winter heat calls repeatedly surface building-wide outages. The address logged 16 heat and hot water complaints over the past three years, including back-to-back building-wide calls on January 3 and January 5, 2026. While the winter filings were closed, cold-weather heat drops remain the primary system issue.

Open violations track active leaks and ceiling plaster damage. The building carries 7 open housing-code violations, heavy on plumbing leaks. Open citations in apartment 3C detail bathroom ceiling plaster damage and mold from a water leak above, alongside kitchen countertop repairs in 4B.

Indoor air quality complaints and food venting signals cluster nearby. 22 indoor air quality calls were logged within three blocks over the last 12 months, with the most recent filed September 18, 2026. Ground-level food establishment complaints also note rodent and garbage concerns, making air bleed into upper units a key check.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 324 residential and 183 commercial noise calls within three blocks, mostly party music from nightlife venues
• A April 2026 food establishment complaint noted rodents and garbage at a neighboring shop
• 148 illegal parking calls within three blocks, primarily targeting blocked bike lanes

134 Avenue C is a 22-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1003780004). This building is associated with The City Of New York. Brix tracks 7 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 60 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: 22 complaints
• Paint/plaster: 13 complaints
• Unsanitary Condition: 7 complaints
• Plumbing: 6 complaints

The most recent complaint on this building was filed January 5, 2026.

Conditions cited on open violations at this address:

• § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE COUNTER TOP IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 4B, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
• § 27-2017
• § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 3C, 3rd STORY, 1st A
• § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 3C, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FR

The building last changed hands on May 20, 2021, according to recorded deeds.

Brix score: 64/100. View the Building Report on Brix.

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