1342 Commonwealth Avenue, Bronx

A multi-generational two-family house where curb competition drives the block activity.

A 1965 two-family brick house in Soundview that has stayed in the same family line since 1990, most recently updating its deed structure in May 2022. Because it is a small private residential building, the street block carries the primary operational footprint. Three things to know:

Decades of family ownership, restructuring title in 2022. Title transferred to the current family in April 1990 and was restructured between family members in May 2022. Multi-decade family ownership usually signals a stable physical asset, but small residential buildings generate minimal public maintenance filings, leaving unit-level management to direct inquiry.

Driveway access is a primary friction point on the surrounding blocks. The surrounding area sees heavy curb friction, logging 151 blocked-driveway complaints over the last 12 months, almost entirely for full access obstruction. Double-parking and hydrant blocking add another layer of street-level competition on the block.

Late-night music and sidewalk noise cluster in the immediate area. The three blocks around the property logged 132 residential noise calls over the past year, dominated by loud music and parties, alongside 50 sidewalk-noise calls. On a small residential block, street sound bleeds straight into ground-floor and front-facing units.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 178 illegal parking calls within three blocks over the last year, led by blocked hydrants and double-parking.
• 46 drug activity complaints logged within three blocks over the last 12 months.
• 23 illegal dumping complaints on the surrounding blocks over the last year.

1342 Commonwealth Avenue is a two-family home in Bronx, New York City (BBL 2038750025). This building is associated with Arthur, Vera Catherine. Brix does not yet have a current violation read for this property (not enough recent data), along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1965, this two-family home sits in Bronx and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.

The building last changed hands on May 16, 2022, according to recorded deeds.

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

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