Small 2nd Avenue walk-up with an open pest report alongside neighborhood commercial food venting.
A three-unit walk-up on 2nd Avenue that sits right in the thick of Midtown East commercial activity. The building carries no open housing-code violations, but tenant filings surface trash and pest friction alongside commercial food exhaust nearby. Three things to know:
Commercial kitchen venting poses an odor-bleed risk on lower floors. 19 food establishment complaints were logged within three blocks over the last year, running through September 16, 2026. In a small walk-up, commercial kitchen exhaust and food odors can travel straight into residential units through shared lightwells and interior risers.
Trash buildup sparked a tight wave of pest filings in late 2025. Five dirty condition calls for trash and two open pest complaints hit the building over a single five-week stretch in autumn 2025. The pest reports targeted the entire apartment, pointing to acute garbage management friction on the property.
After-hours work drives heavy street noise on the surrounding block. 277 noise complaints were recorded within three blocks over the trailing 12 months, led by 207 calls for after-hours construction. Combined with 95 illegal parking calls—mostly posted sign violations—street activity around the address remains heavy.
Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:
840 2nd Avenue is a 3-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1013370050). This building is associated with Jeffrey Peterson, Trustee. Brix tracks 10 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1910, this mixed-use building sits in Manhattan and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.
Tenants have filed 10 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 October 4, 2025.
Conditions cited on open violations at this address:
The building last changed hands on December 10, 2012, according to recorded deeds.
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Unit 2 at 840 2nd Avenue has 2 open violations.
Unit 1 at 840 2nd Avenue has no open violations (2 past violations).
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