320 East 104th Street, Manhattan

Heavy neighborhood noise and indoor air quality reports on surrounding blocks define the immediate environment for this family-held East Harlem walk-up.

This eight-unit East Harlem walk-up has been in the same family since 1992, transferring into family trusts in 2024. While the building's own record stays spare, surrounding block conditions drive the lived experience. Three things to know:

Banging and party noise dominate the surrounding three blocks. 238 residential noise calls within three blocks over the trailing 12 months, driven by 159 complaints for banging and pounding and 56 for loud parties. Citywide, residential noise averages are far lower, marking this blockface as a persistent sound corridor.

Air quality and food establishment venting calls concentrate nearby. 13 indoor air quality calls and 12 food establishment complaints were logged within three blocks over the last year. Fumes, venting odors, and cooking smells travel through lightwells and HVAC risers before move-in, making unit position key.

The building's own municipal file is almost entirely clear. The address carries no open housing-code violations, with just a single resolved trespassing call on file from April 2025. Long-term family ownership has kept operational filings to a minimum.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 116 unsanitary condition reports logged within three blocks over the past year, mostly pest-related
• 89 street and sidewalk noise calls recorded within three blocks over the trailing 12 months
• 36 requests for homeless person assistance filed within three blocks in the last year
• The building keeps a thin official file, but surrounding street and air-quality patterns dictate the block.

320 East 104th Street is a 8-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1016750044). This building is associated with Mel-jeff Inc. Brix does not yet have a current violation read for this property (not enough recent data), along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1920, 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 January 30, 2024, according to recorded deeds.

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

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