12 East 126th Street, Manhattan

A four-unit Central Harlem walk-up where the main operational story is block-level air quality and sound signals.

Four-unit walk-up built in 1909. While the building's own record is limited to an unfiled registration, the surrounding three blocks carry significant sound and air quality activity. Three things to know:

Food establishment odors and indoor air quality calls show up within three blocks. Within three blocks of the building, 14 food establishment complaints and 10 indoor air quality calls were logged over the last 12 months. Kitchen exhaust, commercial fumes, and ventilation odors tend to creep upward through shared risers or rear lightwells.

An administrative registration violation remains open from 2022. The building carries an open administrative violation from November 2022 for failing to file a valid property registration statement. While physical code violations are absent, an unfiled registration leaves ownership and management details unverified in official channels.

Banging and street noise lead the surrounding block activity. Over the last year, 281 residential noise calls—mostly pounding and banging—and 251 street noise calls were recorded within three blocks. Sound moves easily through brick corridors in this section of Harlem.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 159 unsanitary condition complaints logged within three blocks over the last year
• 121 plumbing calls recorded in the three blocks surrounding the building since last September
• 26 encampment calls filed within three blocks over the past 12 months

12 East 126th Street is a 4-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1017500067). This building is associated with Marjorie Whythe. Brix tracks 8 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.

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 May 12, 2021 for $153,594, according to recorded deeds.

Brix score: 43/100. View the Building Report on Brix.

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