The building keeps its own file clean, but surrounding street noise and ground-floor air quality shape the block.
A 23-unit pre-war rental that keeps out of operational trouble while sitting on a lively East Village block. Ownership has been held by Ascot Properties since a $6.1M transfer in 2012, carrying zero open housing violations. Three things to know:
Late-night street noise dominates the surrounding blocks. Within three blocks, residents logged 440 residential noise calls and 345 street noise complaints in the last year alone. The street noise is overwhelmingly music and parties (201 calls) plus loud talking (144 calls). If your windows face out front, night sound will be part of the lease.
Food odors and air quality calls show up on the surrounding blockface. Over the past 12 months, 46 food establishment complaints and 33 indoor air quality reports were filed within three blocks. Kitchen exhaust, cooking odors, and street-level venting frequently bleed upward in older pre-war lines, making vertical proximity to commercial ground floors crucial.
Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:
278 East 10th Street is a 23-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1004370020). This building is associated with Ascot Properties LLC. 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 elevator apartment building sits in Manhattan and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.
Tenants have filed 16 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 21, 2025.
The building last changed hands on March 15, 2012 for $6,100,000, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 100/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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Unit 2B at 278 East 10th Street has no open violations (2 past violations).
Unit 1B at 278 East 10th Street has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 1D at 278 East 10th Street has no open violations (3 past violations).
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