159 Newel Street

Brooklyn · Greenpoint, NY 11222

159 Newel Street is an 8-apartment building in Greenpoint, built in 1930, managed by Arya Management LLC. The City has 17 open housing-code violations on file for it, 7 of them immediately hazardous — about 2.1 per apartment, in a neighborhood where most buildings have none on record (HPD, as of 27 August 2026). Tenants filed 19 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 2 days (311, as of 26 August 2026). No tenant has reviewed it here yet — everything above comes from the City's own records.

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The City’s record below shows what inspectors found. It can’t tell anyone whether the heat actually works, how long the super takes, or whether management picks up the phone. Only someone who lived here can.

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Units: 8
Year built: 1930
Neighborhood: Greenpoint
Borough: Brooklyn

This building’s record with the City

Complaints tenants filed with 311, and repairs a City inspector has asked for. Most repairs are routine maintenance. Both describe the building rather than the people in it, and often predate the current management.

1.8/5Worse than most nearbyScored from the records below against every building we cover. It is not a tenant rating — nobody who lived here said this.

Problems here get fixed quickly — a median of 2 days from complaint to close, faster than the 5-day neighborhood median.

19tenant complaints

Filed with 311 in the past year · 3 the year before

17open repairs

Outstanding with HPD · about 2.1 per apartment

Immediately hazardous: 7
Hazardous: 10
Non-hazardous: 0

What the open repairs are about

Smoke and CO alarms8
Heat or hot water6
Other repairs1
Doors, windows and locks1
Electrical1

Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Aug 2026

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