1639 Fulton Avenue, Bronx

Regulated affordable housing managed by Phipps Houses with unresolved roof leaks and indoor air quality reports nearby.

This 42-unit pre-war rental operates as regulated affordable housing managed by Phipps Houses. While its overall complaint history is modest for its size, open code violations show active roof leaks and localized moisture damage in specific apartments. Three things to know:

Open code violations point to top-floor roof leaks and severe bathroom mold. A cluster of open Class B violations from February 2024 cites roof leaks dripping into a top-floor apartment, causing plaster damage across multiple rooms. Another open Class C violation from January 2025 cites over 30 square feet of mold in a bathroom.

Five building-wide heat calls logged on a single day in February 2026. Calls hit the main heating system on February 9, 2026, triggering five building-wide heat complaints in a single day alongside a heavy-flow water leak report. Heat calls were filed earlier that same week, indicating a mid-winter heating disruption.

Indoor air quality calls within three blocks point to potential air-drift issues. Five indoor air quality complaints were logged within three blocks over the last 12 months, with the most recent filed September 16, 2026. Nearby air-quality calls often stem from ground-floor venting or shared shaft lines drifting into residential units.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 🛗 73 elevator calls within three blocks over the last year, mostly multi-device service reports
• 🪳 47 unsanitary condition reports within three blocks in 12 months, driven by pests and mold
• 📣 45 residential noise calls within three blocks over the trailing year, mostly banging and pounding

1639 Fulton Avenue is a 42-unit building in Bronx, New York City (BBL 2029290078). This building is associated with Fulton Jefferson HDFC. Brix tracks 10 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1927, 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 50 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: 18 complaints
• Water Leak: 11 complaints
• Paint/plaster: 8 complaints
• Electric: 6 complaints

The most recent complaint on this building was filed February 9, 2026.

Conditions cited on open violations at this address:

• § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT CEILINGS AND ALL WALLS
• § 27-2017
• § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 5G, 5th ST
• § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT EAST WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 5G, 5th

The building last changed hands on August 28, 2023 for $4,141,808, according to recorded deeds.

Brix score: 52/100. View the Building Report on Brix.

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