Four-unit East Midtown walk-up where tenant complaints focus on entrance trash setup alongside active restaurant and air-quality calls within three blocks.
A small four-unit East Midtown walk-up built in 1950. While the building's structural maintenance file carries no open housing violations, recent calls focus on entrance garbage placement alongside noticeable food and air-quality complaints on the surrounding blockface. Three things to know:
Trash storage and rodent complaints clustered around the entrance through mid-2025. Five unsanitary condition reports and four rodent calls were logged for this address between February and September 2025, specifically citing garbage storage and rat sightings around the building entrance. The issues were marked resolved, but the repeat pattern points to ongoing trash handling friction at the front steps.
Nearby food establishments and air-quality reports driver riser and exhaust concerns. 23 food establishment complaints and 7 indoor air quality reports were logged within three blocks over the last 12 months, with the most recent air quality call recorded September 16, 2026. Odor and exhaust bleed from nearby commercial kitchens travel through windows and shared air shafts.
Early-morning and late-night construction noise dominates street-level disturbance calls. 187 noise complaints were recorded within three blocks over the last 12 months, with 112 specifically targeting construction work before or after standard city hours. Heavy equipment, jackhammering, and early deliveries drive the street-level disturbance calls.
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309 East 52nd Street is a 4-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1013450007). This building is associated with Todd Lighter. Brix tracks 12 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1950, 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 unsanitary condition.
What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:
The most recent complaint on this building was filed September 30, 2025.
Conditions cited on open violations at this address:
The building last changed hands on July 31, 2019, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 55/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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