227 Riverside Drive, Manhattan

Prewar Riverside Drive co-op handling an active trail of unresolved building issues.

This cooperative sits on the corner of West 95th Street, looking out over the Hudson. While many board-run buildings handle maintenance quiet-to-quiet, this address has accumulated a surprising backlog that has filtered into the public record. Three things to know:

Thirty-seven open violations are lingering on the active record. While most co-ops resolve repairs internally to keep their files tidy, this building has allowed an active backlog to compile. The unresolved paper trail includes 12 plumbing complaints and 11 paint and plaster filings registered directly to the building, showing issues that filtered into official agency files rather than being handled quietly.

Vapors and odor alerts are popping up around the building. An air quality pattern has emerged, with 11 indoor air quality and vapor complaints logged within three blocks over the last year, most recently on July 20, 2026. For historic structures, these signals often point to riser or venting leaks from street-level spaces that find their way up.

Low-flying helicopter noise is a constant fixture along Riverside. With 370 helicopter noise complaints logged within three blocks over the last year, air traffic is the dominant local disturbance. Because the river serves as a low-altitude flight path, the sound reverberates directly off waterfront-facing windows.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 31 encampment calls within three blocks over the last year, mostly concentrated near the park.
• 184 residential noise complaints on the surrounding blocks over the last year, mostly loud parties and pounding.
• 8 rodent complaints within three blocks, with the most recent reported in mid-July.
• A classic Riverside frame where the local river noise matches an active set of internal building paper trails.

227 Riverside Drive is a 39-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1012530048). This building is associated with Commander 3 LLC. Brix tracks 40 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1898, 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 89 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: 20 complaints
• Plumbing: 18 complaints
• Unsanitary Condition: 17 complaints
• Electric: 10 complaints

The most recent complaint on this building was filed August 26, 2026.

Conditions cited on open violations at this address:

• § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR IN THE 5th ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 2N, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTME
• § 27-2005 HMC: REFIT DOOR AT ENTRANCE IN THE 5th ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 2N, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
• § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE VINYL FLOOR TILES IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2N, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FR
• § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE DOOR KNOB AT EAST 1 CLOSET ENTRANCE IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED AT APT 2N, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH A

The building last changed hands on November 1, 2023, according to recorded deeds.

Brix score: 3/100. View the Building Report on Brix.

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