425 East 6th Street, Manhattan

A busy East Village block with ten open housing-code violations and recurring autumn heating issues.

This 1854 pre-war walk-up sits in one of the most active nightlife pockets of the East Village. While the building's structural footprint is compact, a lively streetscape and seasonal heating issues require some adjustment. Three things to know:

Smell and air quality reports cluster nearby. With 30 food establishment complaints and 14 indoor air quality reports filed within three blocks over the last year, neighborhood cooking fumes and commercial venting are a persistent presence in the immediate area.

The building carries 10 open housing-code violations. A building with 18 apartments typically clears its basic maintenance issues, but these outstanding items have yet to be certified as resolved. The open items span building-wide operations and basic interior maintenance.

Heating system flurries hit in late autumn. The building logged 11 heat and hot water complaints over the last year. This includes a concentrated burst of building-wide outages in November 2025, with another outage cropping up as recently as February 7, 2026.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 383 commercial noise complaints within three blocks over the last year, mostly late-night music and loud talking
• 215 illegal parking calls and 196 for-hire vehicle reports in the immediate blocks, mostly double-parks and hydrant blocks
• A $3,000,000 deed transfer in July 2023 was followed by another corporate entity shift in July 2024
• What it isn't: A neglected building facing immediate structural emergencies. What it is: A standard pre-war walk-up where the trade-off is simple — you get to live in the heart of the East Village, but you have to navigate the neighborhood's active street activity and typical old-building radiator quirks.

425 East 6th Street is a 18-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1004340045). Brix tracks 16 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1854, 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 204 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: 57 complaints
• Plumbing: 48 complaints
• Unsanitary Condition: 27 complaints
• Water Leak: 20 complaints

The most recent complaint on this building was filed May 28, 2026.

Conditions cited on open violations at this address:

• § 27-2142 ADM CODE APTS HAVE BEEN VACATED BY THIS DEPARTMENT AND CANNOT BE REOCCUPIED UNTIL SO ORDERED AFTER PROOF OF COMPLIANCE FOR APTS BASEMENT APT # 1B AT E
• § 53,187,231 M/D LAW & DEPT RULES & REG
• § 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EGRESS WINDOW LEADING TO COURT YARD BROKEN SEALED WITH PLYWOOD LOCATED AT BSMT-APT 1B, 1st BSM
• § 27-2070 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES AT GAS RANGE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

The building last changed hands on July 25, 2024, according to recorded deeds.

Brix rating: Concerning (0/100). View the Building Report on Brix.