A pre-war Prospect Heights rental currently carrying four open violations after a sudden wave of summer maintenance requests.
Built in 1930, this eight-unit pre-war building has retail on the ground floor and has recently accumulated a few unresolved tenant complaints on the building’s active file. While it typically keeps a small operational footprint, there are several active issues to look into. Three things to know:
The active file carries four open violations from a summer pileup. On July 17, 2026, residents filed separate complaints for a broken toilet, a dead intercom buzzer, and a slow water leak. These match the four open violations currently listed against the building. Since they are very recent, they may be in the middle of being resolved, but they represent active friction.
Restaurant odors and venting are chronic block-level notes. There were 14 complaints about food establishments within a few blocks last year—concentrated along the local retail storefronts, with the most recent filed on July 9, 2026. In a building with retail storefronts, these commercial exhaust issues often bleed up through the shared risers and air shafts, creating smells you might not catch on a quick visit.
Double-parking and bike-lane blockage dominate the surrounding street space. The surrounding blocks saw 927 complaints about illegal parking over the last year, with 661 of those specifically flagging cars parked in bike lanes. With citywide totals hitting 605,005 such calls, this represents an active loading zone where delivery trucks and drop-offs constantly block the curb.
Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:
243 Saint Marks Avenue is a 8-unit building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3011450068). This building is associated with D.n.a. Realty LLC. Brix tracks 4 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1930, this retail building sits in Brooklyn and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.
Tenants have filed 45 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about water leak.
What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:
The most recent complaint on this building was filed July 17, 2026.
Conditions cited on open violations at this address:
The building last changed hands on October 9, 2025 for $1,430,040.65, according to recorded deeds.
Brix rating: Concerning (38/100). View the full report on Brix.
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