Phipps Houses Group
Phipps Houses Group is listed in NYC building registrations or deeds for 87 buildings. Brix tracks 1,255 open violations across the buildings listed below, with an adjusted rating of concerning.
What the record shows
Phipps Houses Group holds 78 buildings with a current record and 1,353 open violations between them. The weight is not even: 361 East 161 Street accounts for 10% of it, while nine of the 78 have nothing open at all. Tenants filed 3,406 complaints against these buildings in the last 12 months, spread across the portfolio rather than sitting in one address.
Where the buildings are 52 of the 78 buildings with a current record — 67% — are in Bronx, with the rest spread across three other boroughs. Manhattan accounts for 21; Queens accounts for 3.
How the violations are distributed Open violations are not spread evenly across these buildings. 361 East 161 Street alone carries 131 of them — 10% of everything open across the buildings with a current record — and nine buildings hold half of the total. Behind it sit 383 East 162 Street with 94 and 432 East 162 Street with 93.
Violations per apartment Across 9,198 apartments the portfolio runs 0.15 open violations per unit. two buildings average at least one open violation for every apartment in them.
The split inside the portfolio 9 of the 78 buildings with a current record have nothing open against them today, while 69 do. Portfolio-level averages hide that split, which is why the list is worth reading one row at a time.
What tenants called in Tenants filed 3,406 complaints against these buildings in the last 12 months, or 0.37 per apartment. The heaviest was 17-20 Village Lane with 287. Complaints and violations are separate records — a complaint that closed without an inspector getting inside leaves no violation behind it.
Age of the stock The median building here went up in 1973, and 35 of 78 predate 1960. Pre-1960 buildings carry lead-paint and window-guard obligations that newer stock does not, which shapes what turns up in an inspection.
How long things stay open The longest-standing open item in the portfolio is at 2159 Southern Boulevard and has been open 4.0 years. An old open violation is not a paperwork lag — it is a condition the city recorded and has not been shown to be corrected.
What has moved in the last two years 2,855 violations were written against these buildings in the last 24 months. 1,807 of them — 63% — have since been cleared, and 1,045 are still open. That ratio moves between city sweeps, which is why a standing total on its own says less than it looks like it does.
How buildings are linked: by HPD registration, deed, or a confirmed parent company. Being named as a head officer or managing agent is not the same as owning.