A long-held Sunset Park townhouse that recently traded, sitting on a block with noticeable food-venting and curb access friction.
A single-family Sunset Park townhouse built in 1901 that changed hands in March 2024 after staying in the same family line for nearly four decades. The house sits on an active block where street grid congestion drives the lived experience. Three things to know:
A March 2024 sale closed nearly four decades of single-family trust ownership. Deed filings show the house was transferred into a family trust in 2016 before selling for $1,100,000 in March 2024 to private buyers. That ended a 37-year run under the prior family, shifting focus to how the new owners maintain building systems.
Commercial food preparation and exhaust calls surface on surrounding blocks. Within three blocks, 3 food establishment calls were logged over the last 12 months. Kitchen exhaust and commercial cooking fumes can drift through rear yards or light wells on this block face.
Driveway blockages and parking enforcement dominate street-level filings nearby. Within three blocks, residents logged 136 illegal parking calls—mostly obscured license plates and blocked hydrants—along with 129 blocked driveway reports over the last 12 months, where 106 citations cited full loss of access.
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719 40th Street is a single-family home in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3009150058). This building is associated with Wu, Zhenhong. 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 1901, 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 March 21, 2024 for $1,100,000, according to recorded deeds.
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