Unresolved fire-door safety citations and commercial food venting on the avenue define this Sunset Park walk-up.
This 8-unit Sunset Park walk-up sits on a busy commercial strip, with five open code violations on file—including three immediately hazardous Class C citations. The internal record reflects active fire-door safety issues alongside commercial food activity on the block. Three things to know:
Three Class C violations for broken self-closing safety doors remain unaddressed. Inspectors issued three Class C violations for defective or missing self-closing hinges on the fourth-floor hallway and roof bulkhead doors. Unmaintained fire doors allow smoke to spread rapidly through a stairwell during an emergency, and all three citations remain open alongside two Class B violations.
Commercial food establishment calls along the avenue signal potential kitchen odor and exhaust bleed. Within three blocks, 15 food establishment complaints were logged over the past year, reflecting commercial kitchen venting, grease, and odor drift along the 5th Avenue retail strip. In small pre-war walk-ups, ground-floor restaurant fumes frequently travel up rear light wells and interior shafts into upper apartments.
Building-wide heat loss flagged during the cold months. Five heat complaints were logged over the past year, led by a building-wide loss of heat in February 2026. While those winter calls were marked resolved, door and hardware complaints continued into summer 2026.
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4208 5th Avenue is a 8-unit building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3007240041). This building is associated with Sunset Park Development Corp. Brix tracks 9 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1929, this walk-up apartment building sits in Brooklyn and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.
Tenants have filed 83 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about heat/hot water.
What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:
The most recent complaint on this building was filed September 12, 2026.
Conditions cited on open violations at this address:
The building last changed hands on December 6, 2019 for $4,039,981, according to recorded deeds.
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Unit 3L at 4208 5th Avenue has 3 open violations.
Unit 4L at 4208 5th Avenue has 2 open violations.
Unit 4R at 4208 5th Avenue has no open violations (2 past violations).
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