129 Edgecombe Avenue, Manhattan

Severe heat breakdown and open hazardous violations dominate this 10-unit building, alongside commercial air and venting signals on the block.

This 10-unit pre-war building carries 36 open violations across its apartments, including 12 Class C immediately hazardous citations for missing hot water and locked boiler doors. On top of building-level heat outages, surrounding air-quality and food-exhaust complaints indicate potential commercial venting bleed. Three things to know:

Chronic heat failures are paired with locked boiler access. 112 complaints about heat and hot water have been logged against the building, including repeat August 2026 outages covering the whole property. Housing inspectors issued multiple Class C violations in June 2026 for failing to provide hot water in apartments 2A and 2B, alongside citations for keeping the cellar boiler room door locked.

Commercial food exhaust and air quality calls cluster on the surrounding blocks. 16 indoor air quality and food establishment complaints were logged within three blocks over the last 12 months, including 9 food establishment venting calls and 7 indoor air quality reports last seen in June 2026. Commercial exhaust and odor bleed can travel up residential risers, making unit position relative to lower-level retail crucial.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 🚗 262 illegal parking calls within three blocks last year, mostly posted sign violations and blocked hydrants
• 🔊 100 residential noise calls logged from the building, mostly banging and loud music
• 🚪 7 window and door complaints filed by building residents over the three-year history

129 Edgecombe Avenue is a 10-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1020480040). This building is associated with Walker & Dunlop LLC. Brix tracks 37 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.

Tenants have filed 490 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about heat/hot water.

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

• Heat/hot Water: 380 complaints
• Unsanitary Condition: 52 complaints
• Door/window: 19 complaints
• Plumbing: 11 complaints

The most recent complaint on this building was filed October 2, 2026.

Conditions cited on open violations at this address:

• § 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM DOOR LOCKED LEADING TO BASEMENT AT 1st BOILER ROOM FROM EAST
• § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LATCH SET AT VESTIBULE DOOR , 1st STORY
• § 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
• §27-2045(B)(5) HMC, § 12-06, 12-10 RCNY POST A PROPER NOTICE OF CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY COMMISSIONER, IN A COMMON A

The building last changed hands on June 1, 2021 for $21,000,000, according to recorded deeds.

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

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