An HDFC affordable rental where internal code filings are minimal, but brief heating issues and nearby air-quality complaints mark the profile.
This 35-unit Central Harlem rental building operates under an HDFC structure tied to city housing programs since 1999. The building carries no open housing-code violations on file, though heating complaints surfaced last winter and street-level patterns show up nearby. Three things to know:
A brief series of heat calls registered last winter. Residents filed three building-wide complaints for heat and hot water between late November 2025 and January 2026. All three cases were resolved and closed, pointing to a temporary seasonal issue rather than an ongoing heating failure.
Ground-level exhaust and air-quality complaints register nearby. Within three blocks, neighbors logged 13 food establishment calls and 5 indoor air quality reports over 12 months. Kitchen exhaust, cooking smells, or chemical fumes frequently travel through lower-floor windows or shared building shafts.
Street parking friction concentrates on surrounding blocks. Within three blocks, 262 parking complaints were logged over 12 months, with 208 citing posted sign violations. The activity centers on quick curb turnover and double-parking near hydrants rather than long-term abandoned vehicles.
Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:
36 West 138th Street is a 35-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1017350053). This building is associated with 36 West 138th Street HDFC. Brix tracks 0 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1925, 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 10 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 January 1, 2026.
The building last changed hands on May 29, 2026 for $40,000, according to recorded deeds.
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