81 State Street, Brooklyn

A historic Brooklyn Heights townhouse backed by corporate title holdings and standard street-level commercial friction.

An 1846 single-family townhouse in Brooklyn Heights. Because single-family homes do not generate tenant-facing maintenance logs, the primary signal here comes from corporate ownership transfers and block-level street activity. Three things to know:

Corporate ownership has held the title since 2015. An entity named Chauncy Shepard LLC acquired the townhouse for $10.25M in 2015, supported by subsequent multi-million dollar refinancing agreements. Corporate title holdings are standard for high-value properties in this pocket.

Surrounding commercial spaces generate recurring food and air quality calls. Within three blocks, five food establishment reports and five air quality calls were logged over the last year. Ground-floor exhaust from surrounding commercial spots can drift toward garden-level units or rear outdoor areas.

Curb turnover and double-parking shape the surrounding blocks. Within three blocks, 145 illegal parking calls were logged over the last year, primarily for posted sign violations (57) and blocked sidewalks (30). The count reflects steady commercial turnover and delivery drop-offs on surrounding streets.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• Defective street hardware and roadway conditions prompted 77 calls within three blocks over the last year.
• Subsurface utility infrastructure logged 10 water system calls across the three-block radius over the last year.

81 State Street is a single-family home in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3002620005). This building is associated with Chauncy Shepard, LLC. 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 1846, this single-family home sits in Brooklyn and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.

The building last changed hands on November 21, 2019 for $7,000,000, according to recorded deeds.

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

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