1929 East Village co-op carrying an open hazardous mold violation alongside active neighborhood air quality complaints.
A 103-unit prewar co-op built in 1929 anchored on the Avenue A commercial drag. While co-op boards generally manage internal disputes privately, the public record catches both unresolved water intrusion and ongoing street-level air quality patterns around the perimeter. Three things to know:
An open hazardous mold violation sits alongside recent plumbing leak reports. The building carries one open class C housing violation from October 2023 covering roughly 40 square feet of mold across a bathroom ceiling, west wall, and north wall. Fresh calls followed in June 2026 with three water leak reports in a three-day window. In prewar frames, vertical pipe leaks often travel through common risers before showing up in adjacent units.
Neighborhood restaurant venting and air quality complaints drift into nearby units. Within three blocks of the building, neighbors filed 9 food establishment complaints and 8 indoor air quality calls over the last year. Exhaust fumes, commercial kitchen venting, and chemical vapors often drift through open courtyard windows or unsealed utility risers, making floor height and line orientation critical to daily comfort.
Party noise and street activity cluster on the surrounding blocks. Within three blocks of the address, 238 residential noise calls were logged in the past 12 months, mostly driven by 149 loud music and party complaints. Living on an East Village arterial means street-level late-night chatter and bass filter directly into street-facing bedrooms unless acoustic insulation is in place.
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51 Avenue A is a 103-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1004310025). This building is associated with 172 E 4th Tenants Corp.. Brix tracks 1 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1929, this elevator apartment building sits in Manhattan and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.
Tenants have filed 49 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about water leak.
What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:
The most recent complaint on this building was filed June 16, 2026.
Conditions cited on open violations at this address:
The building last changed hands on February 1, 2026, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 80/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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Unit 11B at 51 Avenue A has no violations. Owner on the latest deed: Reininger, Henry & Reininger, Rhonda +2 more.
Unit 10B at 51 Avenue A has no violations. Owner on the latest deed: Reininger, Henry & Dreyfuss, Goldie.
Unit 9C at 51 Avenue A has no violations. Owner on the latest deed: Reininger, Henry & Reininger, Rhonda +2 more.
Unit 6B at 51 Avenue A has no violations. Owner on the latest deed: Drefuss, Goldie & Stavsky, Laurie +2 more.
Unit 6H at 51 Avenue A has no violations. Owner on the latest deed: Dreyfuss, Goldie & Reininger, Rhonda +2 more.
Unit 5A at 51 Avenue A has no violations. Owner on the latest deed: Reininger, Henry & Dreyfuss, Goldie +2 more.
Unit 3E at 51 Avenue A has no violations. Owner on the latest deed: Reininger, Rhonda & Dreyfuss, Goldie +2 more.
Unit 2E at 51 Avenue A has no violations. Owner on the latest deed: Reininger, Rhonda & Reininger, Henry.
Unit 1A at 51 Avenue A has no violations. Owner on the latest deed: Dreyfuss, Goldie & Stavsky, Laurie +2 more.
Unit 1B at 51 Avenue A has no violations. Owner on the latest deed: Dreyfuss, Goldie & Reininger, Henry +2 more.
Unit 10-C at 51 Avenue A has no violations, 1 permit filed ($10K, latest 2014). Owner on the latest deed: Reininger, Rhonda & Stavsky, Laurie +2 more.
Unit 8F at 51 Avenue A has no violations, last sold in 2025 for $1.7M. Owner on the latest deed: Davis, Rema & Davis, Joshua.
Unit 11D at 51 Avenue A has no violations, last sold in 2025 for $855K. Owner on the latest deed: Schwartz, Brian.
Unit 6G at 51 Avenue A has no violations, last sold in 2025 for $890K. Owner on the latest deed: Ventre, Katherine & Ventre, Peter +1 more.
Unit 8B at 51 Avenue A has no violations, last sold in 2024 for $835K. Owner on the latest deed: Mcdonald, Kevin.
Unit 8I at 51 Avenue A has no violations, last sold in 2024 for $855K. Owner on the latest deed: Tricarico, Anthony & Capone, Dana.
Unit 2G at 51 Avenue A has no violations, last sold in 2024 for $885K. Owner on the latest deed: Elsasser, John & Steele, Jennifer.
Unit 6F at 51 Avenue A has no violations, last sold in 2023 for $1.4M. Owner on the latest deed: Ramchandani, Ritesh & Orta, Olivia.
Unit 11I at 51 Avenue A has no violations, last sold in 2023 for $850K. Owner on the latest deed: Kathawala, Sarfraz & Kathawala, Zulekha.
Unit 6-I at 51 Avenue A has no violations, 1 permit filed ($38K, latest 2016), last sold in 2023 for $865K. Owner on the latest deed: Krieger, Aaron & Kania, Mark.
Unit 12B at 51 Avenue A has no violations, last sold in 2012 for $599K. Owner on the latest deed: April, Steven.
Unit 12A at 51 Avenue A has no violations, last sold in 2022 for $700K. Owner on the latest deed: Gruber, Robin.
Unit 8G at 51 Avenue A has no violations, last sold in 2022 for $700K. Owner on the latest deed: Bowker, Vanessa.
Unit 6C at 51 Avenue A has no violations, last sold in 2022 for $825K. Owner on the latest deed: Portis, J.
Unit 1D at 51 Avenue A has no violations, last sold in 2021 for $935K. Owner on the latest deed: Somjee, Salman.
Unit 10A at 51 Avenue A has no violations, last sold in 2005 for $525K. Owner on the latest deed: Springs, Amanda.
Unit 7D at 51 Avenue A has no violations, last sold in 2020 for $785K. Owner on the latest deed: Quinn, Megan.
Unit 2I at 51 Avenue A has no violations, last sold in 2020 for $665K. Owner on the latest deed: Schmitt, Karen & Schmitt, Richard.
Unit 5I at 51 Avenue A has no violations, last sold in 2020 for $785K. Owner on the latest deed: Narine, Atamian.
Unit 8C at 51 Avenue A has no violations, last sold in 2020 for $800K. Owner on the latest deed: Bancone, Matthew & Coignard, Charles.
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