1254 Morris Avenue, Bronx

Subsidized pre-war housing where winter heating calls cluster, surrounded by high block activity and localized air quality reports.

This 12-unit pre-war rental is a fully subsidized property operating under tax credit and affordable housing covenants. Building-level code violations are clear, but winter heating calls and street-level environmental patterns drive the record. Three things to know:

Winter heating outages regularly trigger whole-building tenant complaints. Six complaints targeted winter heating between December and February, including building-wide outages during peak cold snaps. Two additional whole-building heat calls were logged in April before being resolved.

Street-level sound and weekend parties dominate the surrounding blockface. 221 street noise complaints were logged within three blocks over the last year, driven by 183 loud music and party calls. Front-facing units on Morris Avenue sit directly in the path of weekend street activity.

Surrounding indoor air quality and food establishment filings indicate intermittent odor bleed. Three indoor air quality complaints and three food establishment calls were logged within three blocks over the last year. These patterns point to potential exhaust or odor bleed through building shafts and ground-floor commercial venting.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 178 unsanitary condition calls within three blocks over the last year, led by 103 pest and 52 mold reports
• 158 plumbing complaints logged within three blocks in the last 12 months
• Single calls logged for entrance door condition and vehicle noise, both closed

1254 Morris Avenue is a 12-unit building in Bronx, New York City (BBL 2024390036). This building is associated with Promesa Apartments LP. Brix tracks 2 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1929, 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 13 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: 8 complaints
• Unsanitary Condition: 2 complaints
• General: 1 complaint
• Door/window: 1 complaint

The most recent complaint on this building was filed April 19, 2026.

Conditions cited on open violations at this address:

• § 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM NO ACCESS TO BOILER ROOM AT BOILER ROOM
• § 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 4B, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

The building last changed hands on October 21, 2024, according to recorded deeds.

Brix score: 43/100. View the Building Report on Brix.

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