121 East 89th Street, Manhattan

Small-scale 1889 Upper East Side walk-up with long family ownership ties and few building-level filings.

Five-unit Upper East Side walk-up from 1889 where ownership ties to the Balassanian family stretch back decades. While the property's own filings remain thin, street-level activity on surrounding blocks provides the main context. Three things to know:

The building itself carries very few operational filings. Only two calls have been logged directly against this address over the last two years, both involving street-level trash items like an uncovered mattress that were resolved. The property currently carries no open housing-code violations.

Double-parking dominates the surrounding blockface. 133 illegal-parking calls were logged within three blocks over the last 12 months, mostly double-parking and blocked hydrants along the curb. The concentration points to short-term delivery and loading friction rather than long-term vehicle storage.

Surrounding blocks pick up steady party and construction noise. 100 residential noise complaints were logged within three blocks over the last year, with more than half tied to music and parties, alongside 94 general noise calls covering off-hours construction work and mechanical equipment.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 25 unsanitary condition calls within three blocks over the last year
• 12 indoor air quality reports filed across the surrounding three blocks over the last year
• 10 encampment calls recorded within a three-block radius over the last 12 months

121 East 89th Street is a 5-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1015180015). This building is associated with Dab Hold Corp. Brix tracks 0 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1889, this walk-up apartment building sits in Manhattan and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.

The building last changed hands on March 1, 2025 for $388,527.69, according to recorded deeds.

Brix score: 90/100. View the Building Report on Brix.

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