Low-key interior file, but kitchen plumbing issues and commercial ventilation complaints shape the experience.
This 20-unit East Village walk-up has been under the same family ownership line since the 1990s. The interior record carries two open code violations in a sixth-floor unit alongside repeated calls about downstairs food odors and indoor air quality. Three things to know:
Food establishment and air quality reports signal potential riser bleed. Four reports over the past year cite indoor air quality and food establishment issues, specifically naming rodent, insect, and garbage friction. When commercial kitchens share risers or lower-level space in walk-ups, venting and pest activity move upward into apartments.
Two active citations sit on a single top-floor apartment. Inspectors issued two active citations in July 2026 for a single sixth-floor unit (Apt 18), calling out broken kitchen plaster and an inadequate supply of cold water at the sink. The rest of the building remains free of active open violations.
Over 700 noise calls sit in the three blocks around the building. Within three blocks of the building, residents logged 406 residential noise calls (mostly loud music and parties) and 301 street-level noise calls over the past 12 months. Avenue A nightlife drives heavy street activity right past the front door.
Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:
173 Avenue A is a 20-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1004380027). This building is associated with East New York Savings Bk. Brix tracks 2 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1920, 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 30 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 July 8, 2026.
Conditions cited on open violations at this address:
The building last changed hands on February 15, 2006, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 62/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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Unit 18 at 173 Avenue A has 2 open violations.
Unit 20 at 173 Avenue A has no open violations (23 past violations).
Unit 19 at 173 Avenue A has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 17 at 173 Avenue A has no open violations (2 past violations).
Unit 16 at 173 Avenue A has no open violations (4 past violations).
Unit 15 at 173 Avenue A has no open violations (2 past violations).
Unit 5 at 173 Avenue A has no open violations (3 past violations).
Unit 2 at 173 Avenue A has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 1 at 173 Avenue A has no open violations (12 past violations).
Unit AT at 173 Avenue A has no open violations (1 past violation).
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