No-frills pre-war building with a very quiet residential record, though the ground-floor restaurant and an active street corridor bring major neighborhood noise.
This pre-war property keeps a clean residential record, though the ground-floor retail space and the busy block outside draw constant neighborhood activity. While the apartments themselves generate minimal municipal friction, the surrounding corridor is highly active. Three things to know:
Living directly above ground-floor food retail comes with typical commercial friction. Living directly above a food establishment means sharing space with active commercial operations. The retail tenant downstairs has drawn consistent complaints from patrons and neighbors regarding garbage handling and spoiled food issues. Depending on where your apartment is positioned, you may share exhaust risers or rear courtyard views with the restaurant's kitchen.
A busy commercial helicopter path cuts right through this pocket of Manhattan. The neighborhood sits directly under a high-frequency helicopter corridor. Within the surrounding three-block corridor, 1,486 helicopter-noise complaints were logged over the last year, mostly flagged as generic flyover disturbances, with the most recent filed June 4, 2026. If you are a light sleeper, expect steady commercial aviation noise throughout the day.
Building-to-building noise echo is a regular presence on this block. Street-level and building-to-building noise in this pocket of Murray Hill travels easily. The three-block corridor registered 2,418 residential noise complaints over the last 12 months, with most of those specifically calling out banging and pounding inside neighboring pre-war structures, most recently reported on June 12, 2026.
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160 East 28th Street is a 12-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1008830052). This building is associated with 160 East 28th & 134 Ninth LLC. Brix tracks 1 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1910, 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 9 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about unsanitary condition.
What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:
The most recent complaint on this building was filed August 28, 2026.
Conditions cited on open violations at this address:
The building last changed hands on February 10, 2025 for $1,570,000, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 30/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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Unit 16F at 160 East 28th Street has no violations, last sold in 2025 for $1.6M.
Unit 1B at 160 East 28th Street has no violations, 1 permit filed ($17K, latest 2010).
Unit 3D at 160 East 28th Street has no violations, 1 permit filed ($12K, latest 2004).
Unit 3C at 160 East 28th Street has no open violations (3 past violations).
Unit 1C at 160 East 28th Street has no open violations (2 past violations).
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