1231 Manor Avenue, Bronx

Active vacate orders and hazardous open violations make this Soundview two-family home a complicated read.

A Soundview frame townhouse built in 1930 that carries clear operational and maintenance red flags. The building traded for $773,200 in April 2024, but open violations show unresolved basement conversion issues alongside pest problems. Three things to know:

An active vacate order isolates an illegal basement unit. A vacate order was issued in August 2025 for an illegally created basement apartment. Filings require disconnecting illegal plumbing fixtures and a gas range to discontinue residential living space in the cellar.

Hazardous class C violations cover active pest infestations inside. The house carries 9 open violations, including 3 class C hazardous citations from January 2026 for mouse and roach infestations in apartment 2. Recent complaints also cover ceiling plaster defects and electrical power outages.

Surrounding food establishments and air quality calls indicate potential odor bleed. Within three blocks, residents logged 12 food establishment complaints and 5 indoor air quality calls over the last year. Ground-floor food venting and commercial air drift can bleed directly into living spaces.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• Within three blocks, 275 illegal parking calls lead street friction, largely driven by 167 blocked hydrant reports.
• Street noise is active nearby, with 129 sidewalk noise calls over 12 months, mostly loud music and parties.
• The house changed hands for $773,200 in 2024 after a $475,000 sale in late 2022.

1231 Manor Avenue is a two-family home in Bronx, New York City (BBL 2037750065). This building is associated with Nickels, Andrew. Brix tracks 24 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1930, this two-family home sits in Bronx and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.

Tenants have filed 55 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: 15 complaints
• Electric: 10 complaints
• Paint/plaster: 8 complaints
• Plumbing: 7 complaints

The most recent complaint on this building was filed February 4, 2026.

Conditions cited on open violations at this address:

• § 27-2005 ADMIN
• § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE HAND RAIL AT EAST OF FRONT STEPS BUILDING EXTERIOR , 1st STORY
• § 27-2037, 2038 HMC: PROVIDE A SAFE AND ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF ELECTRIC SERVICE TO THE FIXTURES AT ALL ELECTRICAL OUTLETS IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY
• § 27-2037, 2038 HMC: PROVIDE A SAFE AND ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF ELECTRIC SERVICE TO THE FIXTURES

The building last changed hands on April 10, 2025, according to recorded deeds.

Brix score: 0/100. View the Building Report on Brix.

See every NYC building owned by Nickels, Andrew on the landlord portfolio page.