Active leaks and mold in unit 5E line up with lower-stack history, while surrounding commercial air-quality calls point to neighborhood riser and exhaust bleed.
This 20-unit Hamilton Heights pre-war rental carries seven open housing-code violations, including an immediately hazardous defective basement door and active waste line and mold issues down the E-line apartment stack. Three things to know:
Water leaks and mold are running down the E-line stack. Inspectors wrote up active leaks under the kitchen sink, a defective waste line, damaged wood flooring under the radiator, and active bathroom mold in apartment 5E in late June 2026. The bathroom mold traces back to similar write-ups in lower-stack apartments 3E and 4E over the preceding year.
Commercial venting and air quality complaints cluster nearby. 24 total complaints for food establishment issues (16) and indoor air quality (8) have logged within three blocks over the last year. These commercial venting and exhaust issues often signal odor and fume drift through shared shafts or street-level retail stacks.
An open immediately hazardous violation flags a broken basement entrance door. The building carries an open Class C immediately hazardous violation from July 2026 for a basement entrance door with missing or defective hinges that fails to self-close. In a 20-unit building, unsecure basement access is a direct entry point for pests and street traffic.
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471 West 145th Street is a 20-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1020600014). This building is associated with 471 West 145 Street. Brix tracks 11 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1926, 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 16 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:
The most recent complaint on this building was filed May 20, 2026.
Conditions cited on open violations at this address:
The building last changed hands on May 14, 2015, according to recorded deeds.
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Unit 5E at 471 West 145th Street has 7 open violations.
Unit BMST at 471 West 145th Street has 1 open violation.
Unit 3E at 471 West 145th Street has 1 open violation.
Unit 4E at 471 West 145th Street has 1 open violation.
Unit 10 at 471 West 145th Street has no open violations (19 past violations).
Unit 9 at 471 West 145th Street has no open violations (50 past violations).
Unit 8 at 471 West 145th Street has no open violations (17 past violations).
Unit 6 at 471 West 145th Street has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 5 at 471 West 145th Street has no open violations (26 past violations).
Unit 4 at 471 West 145th Street has no open violations (17 past violations).
Unit 3W at 471 West 145th Street has no open violations (3 past violations).
Unit 3 at 471 West 145th Street has no open violations (20 past violations).
Unit 2 at 471 West 145th Street has no open violations (28 past violations).
Unit 1E at 471 West 145th Street has no open violations (5 past violations).
Unit 1W at 471 West 145th Street has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit B at 471 West 145th Street has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit BSMT at 471 West 145th Street has no open violations (7 past violations).
Unit ER1 at 471 West 145th Street has no open violations (1 past violation).
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