Active vacate orders following late 2025 fires and 15 open code violations shape the baseline here.
This 37-unit Hamilton Heights rental operates as regulated affordable housing under HUD contract oversight. While regulatory covenants maintain ownership stability, active code violations show acute operational issues inside specific units. Three things to know:
Two apartments were vacated by inspectors after late 2025 fire damage. Inspectors issued vacate orders for apartments 3G and 4G in December 2025 following fire damage. Citations issued weeks prior detail severe fire damage across both units, alongside excessive e-bike and electrical equipment storage in 4G. Both orders remain active in city records.
Unresolved mold and leak citations concentrate in specific unit lines. Beyond the fire-damaged units, inspectors logged open Class B violations in apartment 3H during 2025. The filings mandate tracing and repairing moisture leaks causing visible mold in the kitchen and bathroom, alongside restoring defective plaster and floor tiles.
Street-level noise is dense within three blocks. 1,085 street-noise complaints were logged within three blocks over the trailing 12 months, predominantly driven by 891 calls for loud music and block gatherings. The block face sees significant evening foot traffic and street activity.
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532 West 145th Street is a 37-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1020760053). This building is associated with 540 West 145 LLC. Brix tracks 14 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1905, 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 66 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about heat/hot water.
The DOB has logged 3 permit filings on this building in the last 24 months.
What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:
The most recent complaint on this building was filed June 22, 2026.
Conditions cited on open violations at this address:
The building last changed hands on August 27, 2008 for $3,147,954.03, according to recorded deeds.
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Unit 5H at 532 West 145th Street has 5 open violations.
Unit 3H at 532 West 145th Street has 4 open violations.
Unit 3G at 532 West 145th Street has 1 open violation.
Unit 6E at 532 West 145th Street has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 6G at 532 West 145th Street has no open violations (11 past violations).
Unit 5C at 532 West 145th Street has no open violations (2 past violations).
Unit 5D at 532 West 145th Street has no open violations (20 past violations).
Unit 5G at 532 West 145th Street has no open violations (7 past violations).
Unit 4B at 532 West 145th Street has no open violations (4 past violations).
Unit 4D at 532 West 145th Street has no open violations (7 past violations).
Unit 4G at 532 West 145th Street has no open violations (5 past violations).
Unit 4H at 532 West 145th Street has no open violations (10 past violations).
Unit 3A at 532 West 145th Street has no open violations (9 past violations).
Unit 3D at 532 West 145th Street has no open violations (8 past violations).
Unit 3E at 532 West 145th Street has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 2A at 532 West 145th Street has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 2D at 532 West 145th Street has no open violations (4 past violations).
Unit 2H at 532 West 145th Street has no open violations (10 past violations).
Unit 1A at 532 West 145th Street has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 3-C at 532 West 145th Street has no open violations (1 past violation).
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