An 1899 three-family house where entry security and heat delivery are generating open filings.
A three-family wood-frame house dating back to 1899 in the East 168th Street corridor. The physical setup carries active maintenance tension: key entries are missing required hardware, essential housing notices are stripped, and basic services trigger calls. Three things to know:
Front entrance and vestibule doors have lost their self-closing hardware. Housing inspectors cited multiple entrance-door failures in late 2025, including missing or defective hinges and broken latch assemblies on the street and vestibule doors. When entrance doors fail to latch, street access moves straight into the public hall.
Four immediately hazardous violations are open alongside heat complaints. The building carries four active immediately hazardous violations, alongside a open violation for failing to post required contact info for key access to the heating system. Five heat and hot water complaints have hit the address over the last year.
The surrounding three blocks carry heavy street-noise and driveway obstruction patterns. Within three blocks of the house, street and sidewalk noise complaints hit 274 calls over the last year — mostly driven by late-night music and outdoor parties — paired with 266 residential noise calls and 275 driveway obstruction reports. The immediate block sees heavy street traffic and loud gathering patterns.
Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:
817 East 168th Street is a 3-unit building in Bronx, New York City (BBL 2026820046). This building is associated with Jernise Hobbs. Brix tracks 21 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1899, 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 15 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 May 8, 2026.
Conditions cited on open violations at this address:
The building last changed hands on August 30, 2023 for $820,000, according to recorded deeds.
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