2147 3rd Avenue, Manhattan

Seven open housing violations stem from a single June 2026 inspection, including a Class C roach order.

A 6-unit walk-up in East Harlem where building inspections show concentrated interior maintenance issues alongside neighborhood air quality and noise signals. Three things to know:

An entire batch of open code violations stems from a single unit. Inspectors wrote seven open violations during a June 24, 2026 visit to apartment 3R. Issues range from broken plaster and floor tiles to missing smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, anchored by an immediately hazardous Class C order for a confirmed roach infestation.

Commercial venting and air quality calls cluster on the surrounding blocks. Within three blocks, neighbors logged 20 indoor air quality calls and 15 food establishment complaints over the last year. Restaurant venting and commercial kitchen exhaust frequently cause odor or fume bleed into upper residential floors through lightwells and plumbing risers.

Heavy street parties and block noise surround the immediate location. The surrounding three blocks logged 195 residential noise complaints and 141 street noise calls over the past 12 months, largely driven by block parties and outdoor sound on 3rd Avenue. The street activity is persistent outside the entrance.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 2 heat and hot water complaints logged in December 2025 across single apartments
• 175 unsanitary condition reports within three blocks over the last year, mostly pest calls
• 78 street encampment reports filed within three blocks in the past 12 months

2147 3rd Avenue is a 6-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1016670102). This building is associated with B H N V Realty Corp. Brix tracks 7 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1920, 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 13 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: 8 complaints
• Paint/plaster: 3 complaints
• Plumbing: 2 complaints

The most recent complaint on this building was filed June 22, 2026.

Conditions cited on open violations at this address:

• § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT NORTH WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 3R, 3rd STORY, 1s
• § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PORCELAIN GLAZE BY WAY OF REGLAZING THE BATHTUB IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT
• § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT NORTH WALL IN THE FOYER LOCATED AT APT 3R, 3rd STORY, 1st A
• § 27-2045(B)(1)(B) HMC, § 12-06, § 12-07, § 12-09 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACC

The building last changed hands on May 12, 2022, according to recorded deeds.

Brix score: 14/100. View the Building Report on Brix.

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