1855 Adam C Powell Blvd, Manhattan

Prewar Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd co-op with an active winter heating pattern and a high-noise street block.

A 1915 prewar building in Harlem operating under a Housing Development Fund Corporation structure. With 24 apartments, it keeps municipal interactions focused on winter operations rather than structural violations. Three things to know:

Winter months bring consistent calls about heat inside individual units. Nine heating calls were made from this address between December 2025 and late January 2026. Most were isolated to individual apartments rather than a building-wide outage, suggesting uneven distribution or steam riser imbalances during deep winter cold snaps. All of them were closed without outstanding municipal citations.

The surrounding block carries dense street and residential noise. The immediate three-block stretch is loud. The corridor saw 892 street noise calls and 701 residential noise calls over the past year. Street calls split between loud talking and music, while neighbors in nearby buildings frequently complain about residential banging and pounding. Given the 1915 plaster-and-wood frame, sound travels.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 9 illegal parking calls from this address over the last year, mostly focused on blocked hydrants along the boulevard
• 2 pest complaints filed during mid-winter, both resolved and closed shortly after reporting
• 0 open violations on file, maintaining a quiet paper profile outside of standard winter heating calls

1855 Adam C Powell Blvd is a 24-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1018230001). This building is associated with 1855 7th Avenue HDFC. Brix tracks 0 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1915, this elevator apartment building sits in Manhattan and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.

Tenants have filed 25 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: 21 complaints
• Unsanitary Condition: 3 complaints
• Flooring/stairs: 1 complaint

The most recent complaint on this building was filed January 29, 2026.

The building last changed hands on January 9, 2023 for $585,000, according to recorded deeds.

Brix rating: Take a closer look (64/100). View the Building Report on Brix.

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