708 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn

A long-held Prospect Heights townhouse with a fresh corporate title change.

A two-family Prospect Heights townhouse that changed hands in September 2025 for $1.51M after half a century under family ownership. With only two units, there are virtually no direct housing filings against the property itself, making street and commercial context on Washington Avenue the real story. Three things to know:

Decades of family ownership ended with a 2025 LLC purchase. Deed transfers show the property was held by the same family from 1974 until September 2025, when it sold for $1,507,051 to an LLC with a new private mortgage. Decades of steady family holding have ended, shifting management into private corporate hands.

Loud commercial music and sidewalk parking dominate the surrounding blocks. Within three blocks of the house, commercial and street activity is high: 297 illegal-parking calls in the last year (mostly blocked bike lanes and sidewalks) alongside 289 commercial-noise calls, driven almost entirely by loud music and parties from nearby storefronts.

Nearby commercial food establishments bring exhaust and odor risks. Eight food establishment complaints were logged within three blocks over the past year, reflecting commercial kitchen activity and venting nearby. While there are no direct complaints filed against this specific address, commercial air exhaust and kitchen odors on Washington Avenue can bleed into upper-floor residential space.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 100 helicopter-noise complaints logged within three blocks over the last year, mostly general low-altitude flight paths.
• 68 snow or ice complaints filed across the surrounding three-block radius during last winter.

708 Washington Avenue is a 2-unit building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3011530138). This building is associated with 708a Washington Ave LLC. 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 1930, this mixed-use building sits in Brooklyn and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.

The building last changed hands on September 11, 2025 for $1,507,050.5, according to recorded deeds.

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

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