The building stays relatively calm on paper, but street noise, trash, and retail venting define the immediate block.
A 16-unit pre-war rental in East Harlem where the building's own direct complaint record is low, while the surrounding block carries heavy noise and street activity. Housing-code violation records for this property are currently limited in recent data, but street-level patterns offer a clear picture of the immediate area. Three things to know:
Street and apartment noise runs high across the immediate blocks. Within three blocks, neighbors logged 281 residential noise complaints over the last year—led by 150 calls for pounding or banging and 112 for loud music—plus 197 street-noise reports driven overwhelmingly by outdoor music. The activity reflects a heavy-traffic commercial corridor.
Commercial kitchen fumes and air-quality calls pop up around the block. The surrounding three blocks recorded 8 food establishment issues and 6 indoor air quality complaints over 12 months. Kitchen fumes, cooking odors, and commercial exhaust frequently bleed through lower-floor risers and lightwells along this strip.
Street-level trash and pest complaints spill over from neighboring storefronts. The three blocks around the property saw 150 unsanitary condition reports over 12 months, including 61 pest calls, 52 garbage storage complaints, and 48 specific rodent reports. Sidewalk staging and retail trash keep pest pressure constant along the avenue.
Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:
2148 2nd Avenue is a 16-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1016820002). This building is associated with 2146-48 Second Ave De LLC. Brix tracks 0 open HPD violations for this property, 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.
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 August 25, 2025.
The building last changed hands on September 12, 2023, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 88/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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Unit 1A at 2148 2nd Avenue has no open violations (4 past violations).
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