1 Christopher Street, Manhattan

Classic Greenwich Village pre-war building with active streets outside and a sudden spike of hazardous violations inside.

This 125-unit building occupies a highly visible corner in the heart of the neighborhood. Purchased for $92.6M in December 2020, it is currently run by Gpg Management. While the brick-and-mortar structure is a Greenwich Village staple, the files show localized maintenance friction alongside a highly energetic street environment. Three things to know:

A sudden cluster of immediately hazardous citations is currently open in the building. The building carries 24 open violations, and 9 of these are immediately hazardous Class C cases. The bulk of these issues emerged in late May 2026, centering on lead-based paint hazard controls, vacancy compliance certifications, and more than a dozen painting orders in a single tenth-floor apartment.

Street-level activity is heavy and constant around this corner. Within three blocks of the building, there have been 313 encampment calls, 261 panhandling complaints, and 158 for-hire vehicle calls over the past year. Because this is a major transit and commercial hub, the block stays highly active, bringing sidewalk crowds right up to the building's front door.

For-hire vehicles frequently idle right at the building's address. There are seven taxi and for-hire vehicle complaints logged directly to the building's address. Drivers parking and idling on the block can cause localized street noise and double-parking friction right outside the lobby windows.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• A chemical odor complaint was logged at the building on July 16, 2026, and was resolved shortly after.
• 21 encampment complaints have been made directly from this address over the years.
• The street life is a permanent fixture of this intersection, not something that stays confined to the wider neighborhood.

1 Christopher Street is a 125-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1006100060). This building is associated with Carmine Ltd. Brix tracks 24 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1931, 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 187 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about paint/plaster.

What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:

• Paint/plaster: 48 complaints
• Door/window: 31 complaints
• General: 27 complaints
• Plumbing: 23 complaints

The most recent complaint on this building was filed May 5, 2026.

Conditions cited on open violations at this address:

• § 27-2056
• § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE WEST WALL, BASEBOARD AT EAST WALL, BASEBOARD AT WEST WALL, EAST WAL
• § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE CEILING, WEST WALL IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 10A, 10
• § 27-2005 ADM CODE PAINT METAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH DEPT

The building last changed hands on March 25, 2022 for $43,500,000, according to recorded deeds.

Brix score: 42/100. View the Building Report on Brix.

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