2649 Fredrick Douglass Bl, Manhattan

A small Harlem walk-up with long-term family ownership, where ground-floor food service and avenue traffic carry the primary move-in friction.

This 13-unit Harlem walk-up has been under the same family ownership line since 2002. Operational filings against the structure itself are rare, but ground-floor commercial space and avenue-level sound shape the lived experience. Three things to know:

Ground-floor food service brings potential kitchen exhaust and scent bleed into residential lines. Two food establishment complaints hit the building address, including a call regarding bare hands in food handling in August 2025 and a report of a foreign object in food in October 2024. Ground-floor food preparation can push cooking odors and kitchen exhaust through shared building risers or back light wells into upper-floor apartments.

Sound along Frederick Douglass Boulevard concentrates around residential banging and street music. Within three blocks of the address, residents logged 740 residential noise calls over the past year, dominated by 364 pounding reports and 220 loud music calls, alongside 190 street-level noise reports. Street activity along Frederick Douglass Boulevard creates a steady backdrop even when the building itself stays out of the logs.

Curb space within three blocks sees heavy short-term parking friction. The three blocks surrounding the building logged 230 illegal parking reports in the last 12 months, driven by 113 posted sign violations, 43 blocked hydrants, and 30 blocked bike lanes. The pattern reflects high turnover from short-term delivery stops rather than long-term vehicle storage.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 160 unsanitary condition calls recorded within three blocks over the past 12 months
• 88 plumbing-related calls logged across the surrounding three blocks in the last year
• 33 illegal fireworks calls logged within three blocks over the past 12 months
• Building maintenance filings remain minimal, leaving commercial kitchen venting and avenue activity as the main operational factors.

2649 Fredrick Douglass Bl is a 13-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1020430014). This building is associated with 2649 Fredrick Douglas Blvd. Corp.. Brix tracks 0 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.

The building last changed hands on March 6, 2019 for $712,625.98, according to recorded deeds.

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

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