A two-family Woodlawn house with recent title turnover, set on a block where street parking dominates local complaints.
A 1935 two-family house in Woodlawn where title has turned over three times since 2019, most recently moving from an LLC to an individual owner in May 2025. Because small multi-family buildings generate thin housing-agency filings, the operational read lives out on the surrounding streets. Three things to know:
Three deed transfers since 2019 point to active repositioning. Title passed from an estate to private buyers for $655,000 in 2019, sold to an LLC for $850,000 in July 2024, and transferred again to an individual in May 2025. Frequent deed activity on a small residential home often signals recent rehab work or repositioning.
Parking friction is the dominant street signal within three blocks. The three blocks around the house logged 705 illegal-parking reports in the last year, driven mainly by 222 blocked hydrants and 180 blocked crosswalks. Another 102 complaints specifically cited blocked driveways, pointing to constant curb-space friction on the surrounding blocks.
Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:
242 East 238th Street is a two-family home in Bronx, New York City (BBL 2033780029). This building is associated with Lau, Chi. 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 1935, 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 20, 2025 for $588,250, according to recorded deeds.
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