Active Class C hazardous orders, illegal rooming conversions, and ground-level food venting shape this file.
This 9-unit pre-war building carries 24 open violations, including 3 immediately hazardous Class C orders. Housing inspectors have flagged severe internal alterations alongside unit-level leaks and commercial ventilation signals on the block. Three things to know:
Inspectors flagged illegal single-room occupancies in a second-floor unit. Inspectors issued four separate orders in July 2025 to discontinue illegal rooming units in apartment 4, alongside an immediately hazardous Class C order for unsafe electrical service across the unit. Splitting single apartments into individual room rentals without proper approvals creates major safety and wiring hazards.
Violations cluster inside individual apartments in single-day enforcement sweeps. An inspector logged eight separate violations in apartment 5 on a single visit in March 2026, spanning water leaks, damaged plaster, defective faucets, and a missing smoke detector. That pattern points to unresolved plumbing and wall damage catching up to specific lines.
Commercial food establishment operations nearby risk exhaust and smell bleed. Within three blocks, 11 food establishment complaints hit the area through July 2026, pointing to commercial kitchen operations. Ground-floor dining or commercial food prep often pushes cooking smells and exhaust grease up internal risers or rear windows.
Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:
143 East 149th Street is a 9-unit building in Bronx, New York City (BBL 2023470001). This building is associated with Sobro 149 Realty, LLC. Brix tracks 17 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1931, this walk-up apartment building sits in Bronx and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.
Tenants have filed 142 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 July 3, 2026.
Conditions cited on open violations at this address:
The building last changed hands on October 3, 2018, according to recorded deeds.
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Unit 6 at 143 East 149th Street has 7 open violations.
Unit 4 at 143 East 149th Street has 5 open violations.
Unit 10 at 143 East 149th Street has 1 open violation, 1 permit filed ($16K, latest 2016).
Unit 9 at 143 East 149th Street has no open violations (3 past violations).
Unit 8 at 143 East 149th Street has no open violations (34 past violations).
Unit 7 at 143 East 149th Street has no open violations (23 past violations).
Unit 5 at 143 East 149th Street has no open violations (43 past violations).
Unit 3 at 143 East 149th Street has no open violations (27 past violations).
Unit 2 at 143 East 149th Street has no open violations (63 past violations).
Unit 1 at 143 East 149th Street has no open violations (45 past violations).
Unit FROM at 143 East 149th Street has no open violations (1 past violation).
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