2051 Fredrick Douglass Bl, Manhattan

Heavy commercial street activity outside matches local ventilation complaints and a recent wave of interior maintenance calls.

This 13-unit pre-war rental sits on Frederick Douglass Boulevard. Beyond the avenue sound outside, ventilation signals and fresh maintenance reports shape what to look out for. Three things to know:

Frederick Douglass Boulevard carries heavy block-level sound. Within three blocks, residents logged 317 street-noise calls and 291 commercial-noise calls in the past year, overwhelmingly driven by amplified music and party activity. Units facing Frederick Douglass Boulevard bear the brunt of it.

Surrounding food spaces push air quality and smell reports into nearby lines. The three-block radius shows 10 food establishment calls and 7 indoor air quality reports in the past year. Kitchen venting, commercial exhausts, and shaft bleed can leak kitchen odors and fumes into residential lines.

A recent wave of window and plumbing issues hit the building. Residents logged seven window calls and three bathroom plumbing reports in quick succession, concentrating on bedroom window frames and bathroom fixtures. They point to localized maintenance friction catching up with individual units.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 57 illegal fireworks complaints logged within three blocks in the past year
• 112 illegal parking calls in the surrounding three blocks, mostly posted sign violations
• 4 heat and hot water complaints filed for the building over the past winter

2051 Fredrick Douglass Bl is a 13-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1018460043). This building is associated with Fdb 8th Avenue LLC. Brix tracks 6 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1900, 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 20 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about door/window.

What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:

• Door/window: 7 complaints
• Heat/hot Water: 6 complaints
• Plumbing: 3 complaints
• Unsanitary Condition: 2 complaints

The most recent complaint on this building was filed August 5, 2026.

Conditions cited on open violations at this address:

• § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE ELECTRICAL SWITCH AT NORTH WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST AT SOUTH LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STOR
• HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017
• § 27-2005 HMC: REFIT LOWER SASH WINDOW AT EAST WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST AT SOUTH LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
• § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE ELECTRICAL SWITCH AT WEST WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM

The building last changed hands on January 16, 2002, according to recorded deeds.

Brix score: 9/100. View the Building Report on Brix.

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