211 West 136th Street, Manhattan

Longtime family-owned Harlem walk-up with administrative reporting gaps and active surrounding street life.

A small Harlem walk-up held by the Mitcham family since the 1970s. The seven-unit property carries no physical hazard citations, but paper filings and block-level air and sound patterns shape the living environment. Three things to know:

Open citations are strictly administrative filings rather than physical unit defects. The building carries eight open violations, but all eight are paper items: four missed annual property registration statements and four unfiled annual bedbug reports. There are zero open physical repair or safety citations on file.

Commercial food venting and indoor air quality calls cluster on the surrounding blockface. Across the surrounding three blocks, neighbors logged 10 food establishment complaints and 8 indoor air quality calls over the last year. Restaurant exhaust and air circulation calls nearby make riser and shaftway proximity an important detail before moving in.

Sidewalk noise drives block activity on the surrounding street face. Within three blocks of the address, residents logged 520 sidewalk noise calls over the trailing 12 months, led by loud talking and outdoor parties. The building's own record remains light, with just two closed noise calls in early 2025.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 394 residential noise calls across the surrounding three blocks over the last year
• 350 illegal parking complaints within three blocks, primarily posted sign and hydrant violations
• Zero physical Class B or Class C open housing violations on the building file

211 West 136th Street is a 7-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1019420124). This building is associated with Clement Mitcham. Brix tracks 8 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1910, 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 April 24, 2020, according to recorded deeds.

Brix score: 28/100. View the Building Report on Brix.

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