Four-unit Carroll Gardens walk-up with administrative paperwork gaps and street-level commercial spillover on the surrounding block.
A four-unit Carroll Gardens walk-up transferred to an LLC in March 2022 after decades under single-family ownership. While direct tenant filings are low, three open administrative items and nearby commercial activity shape the lived experience. Three things to know:
Property registration and bedbug filings are out of date. Three open violations sit on the building's file: an invalid property registration from November 2025 and two annual bedbug filings from May 2026 and June 2025. While administrative, an unfiled registration affects official notifications and formal landlord compliance.
Nearby food operations and exhaust lines create potential riser odor bleed. Four food establishment complaints were logged within three blocks over the last year, alongside 11 air quality reports. Ground-floor commercial venting and kitchen exhaust lines can bleed into residential risers, making unit proximity to food operations a key detail before signing.
Curb space conflicts and street noise concentrate on the surrounding blocks. Within three blocks, street activity includes 182 illegal parking calls (62 for posted sign violations, 38 for blocked hydrants) and 81 street noise complaints, mostly for loud music and late-night parties.
Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:
219 Carroll Street is a 4-unit building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3003510039). This building is associated with Rutman, Joseph. Brix tracks 3 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1920, this walk-up apartment building sits in Brooklyn and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.
Conditions cited on open violations at this address:
The building last changed hands on March 7, 2022, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 49/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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