155 East 116th Street, Manhattan

Small East Harlem walk-up where the building keeps out of housing-code filings, but the commercial block stays active.

Five-unit East Harlem walk-up at 155 East 116th Street with no open code violations logged against the building itself. The building's own administrative file is minimal, but the surrounding commercial strip carries heavy sidewalk noise, food-venting calls, and street-level activity. Three things to know:

Commercial kitchen exhausts and air quality complaints ripple along the block. Within three blocks, neighbors logged 23 food establishment complaints and 16 indoor air quality calls over the last year. Ground-floor restaurant exhaust and chemical odor drift through shared airshafts and lower-floor windows along this commercial corridor.

Sidewalk chatter and street-level music dominate the front exterior. The three blocks around the building logged 175 residential noise reports and 135 street-noise complaints over the last 12 months, mostly driven by loud music and party chatter. Front-facing apartments absorb significantly more corridor noise than rear units.

Encampment and sidewalk activity calls concentrate on nearby commercial corners. Within three blocks, city systems recorded 88 encampment calls over the past year. That activity concentrates along the East 116th Street retail strip rather than inside the residential hallway.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 26 cannabis retailer calls logged within three blocks over the past year
• Jakandy LLC has held title to the property since May 1999

155 East 116th Street is a 5-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1016440024). This building is associated with Jakandy Ll Corp. Brix tracks 0 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1900, 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 2 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about general.

What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:

• General: 2 complaints

The most recent complaint on this building was filed November 30, 2021.

The building last changed hands on June 23, 1999 for $236,921, according to recorded deeds.

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

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