Longtime family-held three-family house where the surrounding streetscape brings all the friction.
A three-family house built in 1897 that stays off the operational paper trail — no active code violations and zero housing-maintenance complaints. Filings on title trace back to a single family holding the property since the late 1980s. Three things to know:
Multi-decade family ownership keeps the building's file minimal. Title transfers and filings show the property shifting between family members since 1988, with minor affordable-housing financing recorded back in the 1990s. That long family tenure usually means low turnover, but small multi-family setups like this depend heavily on direct landlord attention.
Double-parking, hydrant blocks, and street-level noise dominate the surrounding area. 155 illegal-parking calls were logged within three blocks over the last year, mostly for sign violations and blocked hydrants along the curb. Another 106 residential noise calls came from the immediate area, concentrated around music, parties, and pounding.
Neighbourhood pest and sanitation calls cluster nearby. Within three blocks, residents logged 88 unsanitary condition calls over the trailing year, driven by pest reports and mold, alongside 21 standalone rodent calls. The house itself carries no open violations, but pest control on small residential blocks requires active perimeter management.
Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:
931 East 156th Street is a 3-unit building in Bronx, New York City (BBL 2027010017). This building is associated with Yvonne Jones. Brix tracks 8 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1897, this walk-up apartment building sits in Bronx and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.
Conditions cited on open violations at this address:
The building last changed hands on November 25, 2017 for $200,000, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 5/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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