30 West 129th Street, Manhattan

Stable long-term management, but there is a recurring winter heat pattern.

This is a four-unit pre-war building in Harlem with active management from Genesis Y15 Housing Development. While the overall health of the property is intact, a clear winter pattern is visible in the record. Three things to know:

15 heat and hot water complaints on file, peaking during late-winter freezes. The building logged 15 heat and hot water complaints, with a notable cluster of building-wide issues in February and March of 2026. While the vast majority are marked resolved, one building-wide heat complaint from February remains open, pointing to systemic boiler or riser friction during cold snaps.

An indoor air quality complaint logged a chemical vapor odor in April 2026. A tenant went to the city in April 2026 reporting chemical vapors, gases, or odors coming through the risers. In small pre-war buildings, HVAC bleed or basement odors tend to travel directly up the plumbing chases.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 195 unsanitary condition calls in the surrounding three blocks over the last year, mostly focused on pests and waste management
• 136 residential noise complaints in the immediate corridor, with loud music and parties making up over half the calls
• The local corridor carries the typical dense hum of Central Harlem, but the building itself remains relatively sequestered.

30 West 129th Street is a 4-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1017260053). This building is associated with Karim Hutson. Brix tracks 7 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1909, 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 56 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: 40 complaints
• Plumbing: 10 complaints
• Water Leak: 2 complaints
• Door/window: 2 complaints

The most recent complaint on this building was filed May 16, 2026.

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
• § 27-2027 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE RAIN LEADER 1ST STY
• § 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM LOCKED DOOR AT BASEMENT AT BOILER ROOM
• § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041

The building last changed hands on September 14, 2023, according to recorded deeds.

Brix rating: Concerning (5/100). View the Building Report on Brix.

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