860 East 221st Street, Bronx

A 1920 two-family house with deep family roots, set against active street friction nearby.

A two-family brick home built in 1920 that has remained in the same family line across generations, shifting from original ownership into a trust and eventually to an administrator in 2016. Because it operates as a small two-unit building, it generates no shared-hallway filings or administrative paper trail. Three things to know:

Multigenerational family ownership spanning over fifty years. Title passed from the original family owners into an irrevocable trust in 2002, then transferred to an administrator in 2016. That long-term family ownership structure keeps the house out of speculative turns, but maintenance relies on individual owner oversight rather than professional management.

Blocked driveways and outdoor activity dominate the surrounding blocks. Within three blocks of the house, neighbors filed 166 blocked-driveway complaints over the past year—mostly complete access blockages—alongside 139 outdoor drug-activity calls. The house itself carries no open housing violations, but curb access and street-level activity stay busy right outside.

143 residential noise calls across the immediate three-block radius. The surrounding three-block radius recorded 143 residential noise calls over the last 12 months, led by 71 loud music and party complaints. In a two-unit home where you share a party wall or floor with only one other family, neighborhood noise bleeds in easily.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 139 outdoor drug activity calls logged within three blocks in the past year, nearly all for outside use.
• 95 unsanitary condition calls and 71 illegal parking reports logged within three blocks over the last 12 months.
• Building-system violations require direct verification on site as city filings for small two-family homes are minimal.

860 East 221st Street is a two-family home in Bronx, New York City (BBL 2046790070). This building is associated with Bennett, Michael. 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 1920, 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 April 6, 2016, according to recorded deeds.

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