161 Wyckoff Street, Brooklyn

A three-family Boerum Hill holdout where paper filings and parking friction collide.

An 1869 three-unit Boerum Hill townhouse with paper trail friction. The house carries 8 open code violations, primarily driven by annual administrative filings, while street-level complaints stack up right outside. Three things to know:

Open violations stem from missing annual filings, not structural complaints. The house carries 8 open code violations. Rather than physical decay, the open record is dominated by administrative gaps — specifically missing annual bedbug reports and unfiled owner registration statements stretching back through multiple recent cycles.

Hydrant and double-parking calls focus right at the curb out front. The building generated 11 calls for illegal parking in recent months, almost entirely for cars double-parking or blocking the hydrant directly out front. It is a localized curb issue that repeats regularly during morning hours.

Surrounding blocks pull heavy street noise and party complaints. Within three blocks, street-level noise is heavy, logging 200 street-noise complaints and 154 residential-noise calls over the last year. Most street calls cite loud music and parties nearby, making window orientation key for light sleepers.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• The 623 illegal parking calls within three blocks mostly target blocked hydrants (361) and crosswalks (99).
• Seven indoor air quality reports were logged within three blocks over the last 12 months, most recently in July 2026.
• Two mortgage and asset transfers occurred between trusts and institutional trustees in late 2023 and early 2024.

161 Wyckoff Street is a 3-unit building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3003860060). This building is associated with Robert Schwartz. Brix tracks 8 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1869, 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:

• (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPDS WEBSITE, WWW
• §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE SUBJECT TO CIVIL PEN

The building last changed hands on January 18, 2024, according to recorded deeds.

Brix score: 42/100. View the Building Report on Brix.

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