Small East Village walk-up where management keeps open violations at zero, but commercial venting and Avenue A street noise define the block.
An eight-unit East Village walk-up over ground-floor commercial space on Avenue A. While the building carries no open housing-code violations, heavy street noise and neighborhood venting shape the block. Three things to know:
Storefront exhaust and air quality calls cluster on the surrounding blocks. Within three blocks of the building, 38 food establishment complaints and 19 indoor air quality calls were filed in the last 12 months. Restaurant exhaust and commercial air drift are common unknowable friction points until move-in, especially in older walk-ups where risers run straight up from storefronts.
Avenue A sidewalk energy and commercial sound push into front-facing units. Over the past year, 401 residential noise calls and 383 street noise complaints hit within three blocks of the address, mostly driven by music, late parties, and sidewalk crowds. Six commercial noise calls were also logged directly at this building over the last two years, confirming venue sound bleeds into the apartments.
Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:
151 Avenue A is a 8-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1004370028). This building is associated with 151 Avenue A Owner LLC. 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 4 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 August 24, 2026.
The building last changed hands on March 14, 2025, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 89/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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Unit 5A at 151 Avenue A has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 4A at 151 Avenue A has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 3A at 151 Avenue A has no open violations (8 past violations).
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