An 1890 Upper West Side townhouse with a 56-year single-family paper trail, recently transferred and showing recent wall-integrity complaints.
An 1890 Upper West Side single-family townhouse that stayed in one family for over 50 years before selling for $3.675M in July 2024. As a single-family house, it generates few operational filings of its own, shifting attention to wall-integrity complaints from late 2025 and surrounding block texture. Three things to know:
A 56-year family ownership ended in 2024, followed by wall complaints. The Burke family held this home from 1968 until a July 2024 deed transfer. Five decades in one family often preserves historic character, but back-to-back filings in December 2025 for bulging or cracked walls suggest recent structural attention or active renovation work.
Surrounding blocks show air-quality and food-venting complaints. Within three blocks, air-quality complaints include 13 indoor air quality calls and 8 food establishment issues in the last year. Ground-level food venting and street-level air drift are common on Upper West Side side streets, making intake location a real living factor.
Residential noise leads surrounding street complaints. The surrounding three blocks recorded 245 residential noise complaints over the past year, dominated by 141 banging calls and 75 loud music complaints. The townhouse itself stays mostly clear of operational logs, so living here is shaped largely by sidewalk activity.
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164 West 88th Street is a single-family home in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1012180054). This building is associated with Richard Burke. Brix tracks 4 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1890, this single-family home sits in Manhattan and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.
Tenants have filed 2 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about water leak.
What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:
The most recent complaint on this building was filed November 20, 2025.
Conditions cited on open violations at this address:
The building last changed hands on July 8, 2024 for $3,675,000, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 23/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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