A small Harlem walk-up that stays out of the city's records while the blocks around it don't.
Four apartments, built 1887, and the file is genuinely thin: no open HPD, no DOB violations, no permits pulled in years, and zero 311 complaints from inside the building over the last five years. The few historical HPD items are all closed. Three things to know:
138 years old and almost nothing on record. Six lifetime HPD items, all closed. Zero DOB violations. No permits pulled in years. For a pre-war walk-up this old, that's rare — it usually means someone is handling things in-house before they become a city record, not that nothing ever breaks.
The block around you is the louder story. 228 heat and hot-water calls across the 10026 cluster in 24 months. Rodents, unsanitary conditions, and plumbing each clear 38+ corridor calls. This address shows up in none of them — but the pressure on the surrounding blocks is current, not historical.
On a 4-unit walk-up, the operator is the whole thing. There's no management company on the HPD file the way a bigger building would have. With four apartments, whoever picks up the phone is usually the owner or a hands-on super — and that's the entire difference between a clean file and a problem file at this scale.
Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:
108 West 120th Street is a 4-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1019040039). This building is associated with Rooftops Realty Inc.. Brix does not yet have a current violation read for this property (not enough recent data), along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1887, this walk-up apartment building sits in Manhattan and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.
The building last changed hands on April 10, 2017, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 100/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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