213 East 26th Street, Manhattan

Steve Croman's Centennial Properties runs this building, which currently carries 33 open violations.

For a pre-war walk-up of this size, 33 open violations is a heavy backlog. Beyond the open cases, neighbors have repeatedly complained about illegal apartment conversions, poor indoor air quality, and intense block noise. Four things to know:

Steve Croman's Centennial Properties is running the building. Steve Croman is registered as the head officer, with Centennial Properties NY handling day-to-day operations. Croman is notorious in NYC housing history. Having his firm on the registration is a clear signal of how the building is run.

33 open housing-code violations sit on the building. For a pre-war walk-up with 16 residential units, 33 open violations is a heavy backlog. There are also 32 historical heat and hot water complaints and 18 complaints about unsanitary conditions. The volume shows unresolved, building-wide maintenance issues.

Persistent complaints about restaurant odors and poor air quality nearby. There were 27 food establishment complaints and 16 indoor air quality calls within three blocks last year. These issues typically concentrate near ground-floor restaurant venting and can easily bleed into residential risers.

Heavy banging and pounding noise dominates the surrounding blocks. There were 2,540 residential noise complaints within three blocks in the last year, with 2,323 of them specifically citing banging and pounding. It's an unusually concentrated pattern that suggests structural vibrations or nearby construction echoing through the area.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 🚁 1,000 helicopter-noise complaints within three blocks last year, with the most recent in late July.
• ⛺ 109 encampment calls within three blocks over the last year, reflecting active street-level presence.
• 🔌 6 electrical complaints against the building itself, including a June 2026 report of building-wide dark hallways.
• Between a highly active block and a notoriously tough operator, this is a rental that requires active management. Make sure you inspect the apartment's actual condition thoroughly before signing anything.

213 East 26th Street is a 16-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1009070010). This building is associated with 213 East 26th LLC. Brix tracks 47 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 331 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:

• Heat/hot Water: 148 complaints
• Plumbing: 45 complaints
• Unsanitary Condition: 44 complaints
• Door/window: 21 complaints

The most recent complaint on this building was filed August 4, 2026.

Conditions cited on open violations at this address:

• § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE HANDRAIL AT EAST WALL AT PUBLIC HALL STAIRS, 1st STORY
• § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE CEILING IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST LOCATED AT APT B, 1st ST
• § 300 M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND APPLICATION AND LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE TO THE LEGAL CONDITION EXISTING PRIOR TO THE MAKING OF SAID ALTERATION
• § 27-2081 ADM CODE DISCONTINUE USE OF ROOMS FOR LIVING, DISCONNECT PLUMBING FIXTURES AND PROPERLY SEAL PIPE CONNECTIONS (WATER CLOSET AND WASH BASIN) AT CELLAR

The building last changed hands on October 20, 2025, according to recorded deeds.

Brix rating: Concerning (0/100). View the Building Report on Brix.

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