3 West 121st Street, Manhattan

Family-owned five-unit Harlem rental with minor open administrative violations and high street activity off Marcus Garvey Park.

A 5-unit brownstone off Marcus Garvey Park that has remained with the Julius family since 1994. The building shows persistent filing lapses alongside a block heavily impacted by park noise and air quality calls. Three things to know:

Administrative maintenance and annual property filings are repeatedly missed. Housing agencies list eight open citations against the property. Four are class A violations for missing annual bedbug filings, and four are notices for failing to maintain a valid annual property registration statement. While none represent immediate physical hazards, they point to long-term gaps in administrative compliance.

Surrounding blocks pick up repeated indoor air quality calls and park activity. 15 indoor air quality calls were logged within three blocks over the trailing 12 months, running alongside 698 park noise complaints centered on loud parties. While building-scoped filings stay light, neighborhood air and sound bleed through surrounding parcels on peak days.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 509 illegal parking complaints within three blocks, mostly blocked hydrants and double parking
• 163 unsanitary condition reports nearby, primarily mold and pest complaints on adjacent properties
• Building shaking complaint in April 2026 was closed after inspection

3 West 121st Street is a 5-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1017200049). This building is associated with Julius, Dolores C. Brix tracks 8 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1890, this walk-up apartment building sits in Manhattan and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.

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

The building last changed hands on March 16, 2004, according to recorded deeds.

Brix score: 45/100. View the Building Report on Brix.

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