169 East 117th Street, Manhattan

Small footprint, long family ownership, but heavy block-level noise right outside.

This is a small four-unit pre-war building in East Harlem. While the building's official file carries zero open housing-code violations, the surrounding blocks handle a high volume of street-level friction. Three things to know:

Street noise and neighbor friction dominate the surrounding three blocks. 234 residential noise complaints within three blocks over the last 12 months, led by 97 loud music calls and 86 banging reports. Another 140 calls logged for street and sidewalk noise. The surrounding blockface is active.

Pest and garbage reports cluster heavily nearby. Neighbors within three blocks filed 202 unsanitary condition reports over the past year. 116 of those targeted pests and 45 flagged mold, along with 34 garbage storage complaints.

Plumbing complaints run high across neighboring buildings. 143 plumbing calls landed within three blocks over the last year, led by 43 basin or sink issues and 35 water supply complaints. The building itself stays out of these filings, but the surrounding aging infrastructure shows its age.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 78 encampment calls and 49 homeless-assistance requests logged within three blocks over the last 12 months
• 95 illegal parking calls within three blocks, alongside 26 blocked driveway complaints
• 16 rodent complaints and 25 indoor air quality reports filed across the surrounding three-block radius

169 East 117th Street is a 4-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1016450126). Brix tracks 7 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1900, 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 2 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:

• Heat/hot Water: 2 complaints

The most recent complaint on this building was filed November 30, 2024.

Conditions cited on open violations at this address:

• (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPDS WEBSITE, WWW
• §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE SUBJECT TO CIVIL PEN
• § 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
• § 27-2046

The building last changed hands on February 10, 2021 for $1,630,000, according to recorded deeds.

Brix score: 28/100. View the Building Report on Brix.