456 East 138th Street, Bronx

Four-unit Mott Haven walk-up carrying eight open housing-code violations alongside air-quality and food-venting calls in the surrounding area.

Small four-unit walk-up in Mott Haven carrying eight open violations, split between missing annual reports and lobby safety postings. Beyond the building's own paperwork gaps, air quality and party noise show up on surrounding blocks. Three things to know:

Open violations stem from missing filings and required lobby notices Four of the eight open violations are for failing to file annual bedbug reports from 2023 through 2026. The rest cover missing lobby postings for key access, superintendent contact details, and required detector notices, including one class-C violation for missing heating system key info.

Air quality and food venting complaints cluster within three blocks 6 indoor air quality calls and 6 food establishment complaints were logged within three blocks over the last 12 months. Odors and venting issues tend to travel through shared shafts and HVAC lines before showing up inside individual apartments.

Surrounding blocks carry heavy party and music noise 247 residential noise calls hit the surrounding three blocks over the past year, led by 137 complaints for loud music and parties alongside 88 for door-banging. The volume signals an active block with frequent late-hour sound.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• Seven maintenance calls logged in June 2025 for doors, windows, and leaks were resolved.
• 171 unsanitary condition complaints within three blocks last year, mostly pests and mold.
• 134 plumbing calls across the surrounding three blocks in the past 12 months.

456 East 138th Street is a 4-unit building in Bronx, New York City (BBL 2022820028). This building is associated with R.r.r. Ownerscorp. Brix tracks 8 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1915, this mixed-use building sits in Bronx and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.

Tenants have filed 9 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about door/window.

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

• Door/window: 4 complaints
• Heat/hot Water: 2 complaints
• Unsanitary Condition: 1 complaint
• Paint/plaster: 1 complaint

The most recent complaint on this building was filed June 18, 2025.

Conditions cited on open violations at this address:

• (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPDS WEBSITE, WWW
• § 27-2033 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO HAVE KEY TO BUILDINGS
• § 27-2053 ADM CODE POST SIGN ON WALL OF ENTRANCE STORY BEARING NAME, ADDRESS INCLUDING APARTMENT NUMBER IF ANY, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF SUPERINTENDENT, JANITOR
• § 27-2045 ADM CODE POST A PROPER NOTICE OF SMOKE DETECTOR REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AT OR NEAR THE MAIL BOX MISSING

The building last changed hands on October 1, 2002 for $185,000, according to recorded deeds.

Brix score: 36/100. View the Building Report on Brix.

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