Small Columbus Avenue walk-up with a clear residential file, but ground-floor commercial exhaust and neighborhood traffic carry the real friction.
An eight-unit Upper West Side walk-up where the residential code record is clear, but heavy street and commercial traffic surrounds the address. Three things to know:
Commercial kitchen exhaust and air quality drift through nearby risers. 12 food-establishment complaints and 9 indoor-air-quality calls were logged within three blocks in the last year. On top of that, the building had cooking gas interruptions in October 2024. Mixed-use walk-ups with ground-floor food space frequently pass kitchen odors and exhaust up shared riser shafts.
Helicopter noise dominates the immediate airspace. 864 helicopter-noise calls logged within three blocks over the last year. That is a massive density even for Manhattan, driven by low-flying Hudson River and Central Park air corridors right overhead.
Columbus Avenue curb space stays busy with commercial loading. 186 illegal parking calls within three blocks last year, mostly sign violations, commercial overnight parking, and blocked hydrants — short-term commercial loading friction rather than long-term parked cars.
Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:
156 Columbus Avenue is a 8-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1011380035). This building is associated with 148-154 Columbus Realty, LLC. Brix tracks 0 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 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 October 8, 2024.
The building last changed hands on April 22, 1999, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 100/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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Unit 55 at 156 Columbus Avenue has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 8 at 156 Columbus Avenue has no open violations (10 past violations).
Unit 6 at 156 Columbus Avenue has no open violations (4 past violations).
Unit 5N at 156 Columbus Avenue has no open violations (14 past violations).
Unit 5S at 156 Columbus Avenue has no open violations (5 past violations).
Unit 5 at 156 Columbus Avenue has no open violations (6 past violations).
Unit 4N at 156 Columbus Avenue has no open violations (26 past violations).
Unit 3S at 156 Columbus Avenue has no open violations (11 past violations).
Unit 2N at 156 Columbus Avenue has no open violations (16 past violations).
Unit 2-S at 156 Columbus Avenue has no open violations (15 past violations).
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