An open Class C door safety violation marks the file inside, while commercial air quality and street noise run active across the surrounding block.
This 8-unit East Harlem building carries a light complaint history overall, but it currently has an open immediately hazardous violation for entry fire safety. Outside the front door, street-level noise and commercial air-quality issues dominate the block. Three things to know:
An open Class C violation flags a fire-door safety defect in Apartment 2E. Inspectors cited the building on May 6, 2026, for missing or defective self-closing hinges on the entry door to Apartment 2E. Because self-closing doors are a key fire-containment measure, code classifies this as Class C (immediately hazardous), and it remains open on the file.
Restaurant exhaust and indoor air calls cluster around the immediate block. Within three blocks of the building, neighbors logged 17 food establishment calls and 6 indoor air quality calls over the last 12 months. Kitchen exhaust and commercial venting issues typically travel upward through shared lightwells and risers, making floor level and line placement key to avoiding fumes.
Street and residential noise calls run heavy within three blocks. While the property itself logged only six complaints over the last year, the surrounding three blocks logged 189 residential noise calls and 129 street noise calls in 12 months. Loud music and party calls make up more than half of that street-level volume.
Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:
122 East 116th Street is a 8-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1016430060). This building is associated with Lipmil Realty Inc.. Brix tracks 1 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1910, 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 heat/hot water.
What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:
The most recent complaint on this building was filed January 6, 2026.
Conditions cited on open violations at this address:
The building last changed hands on October 22, 1987, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 46/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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Unit 2E at 122 East 116th Street has 1 open violation.
Unit 5W at 122 East 116th Street has no open violations (9 past violations).
Unit 4W at 122 East 116th Street has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 3E at 122 East 116th Street has no open violations (3 past violations).
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