Active vacate orders from a spring fire, plus a recent citation for illegally moving tenants back in.
This building is fully subsidized under affordable housing covenants, but its physical state is in emergency mode. After a severe fire in April 2026, the city ordered nine apartments vacated due to safety hazards, only for inspectors to find tenants living in those same units before repairs were signed off. Three things to know:
An April fire triggered emergency vacate orders for half the apartments. Inspectors issued immediately-hazardous orders to repair fire damage, officially vacating nine apartments across multiple floors. This affected units from the first floor all the way up to the sixth floor.
Tenants were moved back into hazardous units before repairs were completed. On July 20, 2026, inspectors issued an immediately-hazardous violation after discovering that vacated apartments were being reoccupied while the active vacate and repair orders were still in place. It is a major safety concern to have residents living in these units before they are structurally signed off.
Odors and air quality issues linger nearby. Within three blocks of the building, neighbors filed 7 food establishment complaints and 4 air quality calls in the past year, concentrating around the nearby commercial avenues. These reports often indicate kitchen exhaust or venting issues that can bleed through shared building risers.
Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:
230 West 140th Street is a 18-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1020250060). This building is associated with 230 West 140, Inc.. Brix tracks 32 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1920, 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 12 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about unsanitary condition.
What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:
The most recent complaint on this building was filed March 6, 2026.
Conditions cited on open violations at this address:
The building last changed hands on November 9, 2000, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 32/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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Unit 1 at 230 West 140th Street has 5 open violations.
Unit 5 at 230 West 140th Street has 2 open violations.
Unit 2 at 230 West 140th Street has 1 open violation.
Unit 18 at 230 West 140th Street has 1 open violation.
Unit 17 at 230 West 140th Street has 1 open violation.
Unit 16 at 230 West 140th Street has 1 open violation, 1 permit filed ($15K, latest 2003).
Unit 14 at 230 West 140th Street has 1 open violation.
Unit 12A at 230 West 140th Street has 1 open violation.
Unit 10 at 230 West 140th Street has 1 open violation.
Unit 8 at 230 West 140th Street has 1 open violation.
Unit 11 at 230 West 140th Street has 1 open violation.
Unit 003 at 230 West 140th Street has no violations, 1 permit filed ($60K, latest 2018).
Unit 7 at 230 West 140th Street has no open violations (10 past violations).
Unit 4 at 230 West 140th Street has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 3 at 230 West 140th Street has no open violations (3 past violations).
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