132 West 169th Street, Bronx

A 25-unit Highbridge HDFC co-op where gas outages and ongoing physical maintenance issues surface in city filings.

This 1931 Highbridge HDFC co-op houses 25 units at 132 West 169 Street. Unlike many co-ops where operational friction stays internal to the board, this building carries an active housing-code footprint, including open gas supply issues and stairwell violations. Three things to know:

Cooking gas shutoffs have triggered immediately hazardous violations. A Class C immediately hazardous violation was issued in July 2026 for lack of gas supply to the kitchen range in Apt 3B, following a cooking gas report earlier that month. Five of the building's 27 open violations are rated Class C. In pre-war residential buildings, gas line repairs often require building-wide pressure tests and extended service interruptions before restoration.

Corridor air quality calls pair with open indoor mold and plumbing reports. Ten indoor air quality complaints have been logged within three blocks over the past year, alongside food establishment reports. Within the building itself, an open complaint from August 2026 cites indoor mold, while open plumbing complaints from July 2026 focus on kitchen and bathroom sinks. In older brick buildings, air quality and odor issues frequently travel through shared plumbing risers and interior light shafts.

Shared stairwells and roof access carry multiple open safety citations. Ten violations were logged on a single day in April 2024, concentrating on public circulation spaces. Filings cite loose handrails on the first, second, and third floor stairways, loose stair treads, and improper panic-bar locks on the roof bulkhead door. These communal structural issues remain open on the building's public record.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• November 2025 unit transfer logged at $58,000 under HDFC income caps
• 260 residential noise calls within three blocks over the past 12 months, largely loud music and pounding
• 99 elevator complaints logged within three blocks over the past year

132 West 169th Street is a 25-unit building in Bronx, New York City (BBL 2025180028). This building is associated with Eddy Chanlatte. Brix tracks 27 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1931, this elevator apartment building sits in Bronx and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.

Tenants have filed 41 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about unsanitary condition.

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

• Unsanitary Condition: 11 complaints
• Heat/hot Water: 7 complaints
• Appliance: 6 complaints
• Plumbing: 5 complaints

The most recent complaint on this building was filed August 17, 2026.

Conditions cited on open violations at this address:

• § 27-2070 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES AT GAS RANGE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
• § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN UNLOCKABLE SLIDE BOLT OR HOOK AT ROOF DOOR THAT ALLOWS RE-RENTRY FROM ROOF TO PUBLIC AT 1st PUBLIC HALL BULKHEAD FROM NORTH, 6th S
• § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING CONSISTING OF A PANIC BAR INSTALLED AT ROOF DOOR THAT DO NOT ALLOW RE-ENTRY FROM ROOF TO PUBLIC HALL AT 1s
• § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT AT CEILING AND SOUTH WALL AT 1st PUBLIC HALL BULKHEAD FROM NORTH, 6th S

The building last changed hands on November 17, 2025 for $58,000, according to recorded deeds.

Brix score: 11/100. View the Building Report on Brix.

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