1480 St Nicholas Avenue, Manhattan

Eight open violations sit on the record, including four class C immediately hazardous citations for main entrance locks, hot water, and mold.

A pre-war walk-up on St. Nicholas Avenue held under the Kreatsoulas family name since 1973. Long-term family ownership hasn't prevented acute maintenance and security issues in the public file. Three things to know:

Four immediately hazardous violations flag front door security and unit condition. Inspectors cited an illegal electromagnetic lock at the street-to-vestibule entrance door alongside a missing mechanical lock set for power outages. Apartment 21 carries unresolved citations for a missing hot water supply, broken window glass, and bathroom mold covering more than 30 square feet.

35 neighborhood air quality and food establishment complaints point to venting friction. 35 air quality and food establishment complaints were logged within three blocks over the last 12 months, including 30 food establishment reports and 5 indoor air quality calls. Commercial kitchen venting and exhaust line odor bleed frequently travel through pre-war vertical risers.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 596 street noise complaints recorded within three blocks, driven mostly by street parties and loud music
• 404 residential noise complaints logged within three blocks, heavily weighted toward loud music and party calls
• 10 heat and hot water complaints filed in 2025, including building-wide outages in March, April, and December

1480 St Nicholas Avenue is a 18-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1021570001). This building is associated with 569 LLC. Brix tracks 8 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1907, 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 53 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: 40 complaints
• Unsanitary Condition: 4 complaints
• Water Leak: 2 complaints
• Paint/plaster: 2 complaints

The most recent complaint on this building was filed August 8, 2026.

Conditions cited on open violations at this address:

• § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING CONSISTING OF AN UNACCEPTABLE ELECTROMAGNETIC LOCKING DEVICE INSTALLED AT BUILDING ENTRANCE DOOR FROM STRE
• § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROVIDE IN THE EVENT OF POWER OUTAGE BY MEANS OF AN ACCEPTABLE MECHANICAL HEAVY-DUTY LOCK AND LATCH SET AT THE BUILDING ENTRANCE DOOR (FROM S
• § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE GLASS PANE AT LOWER WINDOW SASH IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 21, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FR
• § 27-2017

The building last changed hands on April 17, 1997, according to recorded deeds.

Brix score: 30/100. View the Building Report on Brix.

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