Small Sunset Park four-unit rental where block sound and air-quality calls carry the main local signals.
A four-unit Sunset Park building from 1931 with no open housing-code violations. While the building's own operational file is thin, surrounding street activity and air-quality calls carry the local picture. Three things to know:
Indoor air quality calls surface on the surrounding blocks 4 indoor air quality complaints were logged within three blocks over the last 12 months, with the most recent filed July 24, 2026. On a commercial strip like 4th Avenue, air-quality calls nearby typically point to ground-floor restaurant venting, retail exhaust, or basement riser bleed.
Residential and street noise concentrate nearby 172 residential noise complaints were filed within three blocks over the past year, driven by 92 calls for loud music and parties and 50 for loud talking. The building itself has no open noise complaints, but 4th Avenue traffic and sidewalk activity run directly past the front door.
Curb space and deliveries stay tight on the avenue 104 illegal parking complaints were filed within three blocks in the past year, heavily driven by 33 blocked hydrants and 19 blocked sidewalk reports. Overnight commercial parking and double-parking also recur along the commercial strip.
Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:
5217 4th Avenue is a 4-unit building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3008070002). This building is associated with Man Shek Inc. Brix tracks 4 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1931, this mixed-use building sits in Brooklyn and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.
Tenants have filed 2 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about plumbing.
What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:
The most recent complaint on this building was filed November 15, 2021.
Conditions cited on open violations at this address:
The building last changed hands on August 2, 1989, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 43/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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Unit 2A at 5217 4th Avenue has no violations, 1 permit filed ($131K, latest 2020).
Unit 2B at 5217 4th Avenue has no violations, 1 permit filed ($131K, latest 2020).
Unit 2R at 5217 4th Avenue has no open violations (3 past violations).
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