861 40th Street, Brooklyn

Active roach write-ups across multiple units in a six-unit Sunset Park building, paired with heavy sidewalk noise on the block.

This six-unit walk-up carries 6 open housing-code violations, led by active roach write-ups in multiple units. An entity purchase transferred the building for $850k in 2014, with Weihua Tang listed as head officer. Three details to check before signing:

Active roach write-ups span separate apartments over consecutive years. Inspectors issued a Class C violation for roaches in Apt 4 in October 2025, following a similar write-up for Apt 1F in November 2024. In a six-unit layout, pests move easily between lines unless extermination covers the entire building.

886 street-noise complaints within three blocks over the last year. Over the past 12 months, 886 street-noise calls were logged within three blocks, driven by 666 loud-talking complaints and 220 street parties. Street-level conversation and night gathering impact front-facing windows directly.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 196 illegal parking calls within three blocks over 12 months, dominated by 80 blocked hydrant complaints
• 121 blocked driveway reports logged in the surrounding three-block radius over the last year
• 34 illegal fireworks calls filed within three blocks in the past 12 months

861 40th Street is a 6-unit building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3009160147). This building is associated with 861 40th Street Realty LLC. Brix tracks 6 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1931, 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 27 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about unsanitary condition.

What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:

• Unsanitary Condition: 11 complaints
• Heat/hot Water: 10 complaints
• Paint/plaster: 4 complaints
• Water Leak: 2 complaints

The most recent complaint on this building was filed May 11, 2026.

Conditions cited on open violations at this address:

• HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017
• § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE SOUTH WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1F, 1st STORY, 1st APARTM
• § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1F, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT
• § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT THE CEILING IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 1F, 1

The building last changed hands on December 24, 2014 for $850,000, according to recorded deeds.

Brix score: 27/100. View the Building Report on Brix.

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