The building's maintenance record holds zero open code violations, but you are moving right into the heart of the Lower East Side nightlife and dining strip.
Lower East Side tenement built in 1900 with twelve apartments sitting directly on Orchard Street. The building carries no open housing-code violations, but the surrounding block activity is heavy. Three things to know:
Street-level sound dominates the block. 595 commercial noise calls within three blocks over the last year, mostly loud music and parties from venue spaces, plus another 362 street and sidewalk noise calls. The building's own residential noise filings are minimal, but the block activity is heavy.
Ground-floor food and venting can travel up the building. 28 food establishment calls and 13 indoor air quality calls logged within three blocks over the past year, paired with past building calls for grease in sewers and work without a permit. Restaurant exhaust and kitchen venting can bleed into living spaces depending on riser positioning.
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120 Orchard Street is a 12-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1004100001). 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 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 24, 2022.
The building last changed hands on July 31, 2025 for $8,000,000, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 100/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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Unit 3 at 120 Orchard Street has no open violations (1 past violation).
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