Prewar Crown Heights HDFC co-op with an affordable-housing governance path and heavy block-level street noise.
This 24-unit prewar Crown Heights building operates under an HDFC cooperative structure, having transitioned through Neighborhood Restore in September 2023 with a $405,257 deed transfer to 685 Nostrand Avenue Owners Housing Development Fund Corporation. While the building's own operational filings show only minor, resolved calls, the surrounding Nostrand Avenue commercial strip presents a active street-level environment. Three things to know:
The cooperative operates under Housing Development Fund Corporation governance. The building transferred from Neighborhood Restore to the 685 Nostrand Avenue Owners Housing Development Fund Corporation in September 2023 for $405,257. This HDFC framework comes with specific income limits, flip taxes, or resale caps designed to preserve affordability, which govern how units are bought and sold.
Street-level and party noise concentrated along the surrounding corridor. Over the last 12 months, the three blocks surrounding the address saw 202 residential noise calls (mostly loud music and parties) and 130 street or sidewalk noise calls. Nostrand Avenue serves as a main commercial and transit drag, so evening activity is a baseline condition for front-facing apartments.
Isolated plumbing and heat reports cleared without open code violations. Building-scoped filings include a March 2026 water leak and paint/plaster call, a March 2026 apartment heat report, and a May 2025 indoor sewage leak report. All filings are marked closed, but in a 1910 structure, tracking plumbing and waste-line maintenance history through board records is essential.
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685 Nostrand Avenue is a 24-unit building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3012340001). This building is associated with Michael Rooney Jr. Brix tracks 0 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1910, this elevator apartment building sits in Brooklyn and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.
Tenants have filed 105 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about heat/hot water.
What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:
The most recent complaint on this building was filed September 16, 2026.
The building last changed hands on September 15, 2023 for $405,257.13, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 71/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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Unit 5E at 685 Nostrand Avenue has no open violations (18 past violations), 1 permit filed ($10K, latest 2017).
Unit 3D at 685 Nostrand Avenue has no open violations (1 past violation), last sold in 2007 for $35K. Owner on the latest deed: Graham, Arthur.
Unit 5A at 685 Nostrand Avenue has no open violations (8 past violations).
Unit 5B at 685 Nostrand Avenue has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 5C at 685 Nostrand Avenue has no open violations (37 past violations).
Unit 4A at 685 Nostrand Avenue has no open violations (21 past violations).
Unit 4B at 685 Nostrand Avenue has no open violations (8 past violations).
Unit 4C at 685 Nostrand Avenue has no open violations (74 past violations).
Unit 4E at 685 Nostrand Avenue has no open violations (32 past violations).
Unit 3A at 685 Nostrand Avenue has no open violations (2 past violations).
Unit 3B at 685 Nostrand Avenue has no open violations (31 past violations).
Unit 2A at 685 Nostrand Avenue has no open violations (5 past violations).
Unit 2C at 685 Nostrand Avenue has no open violations (45 past violations).
Unit 2D at 685 Nostrand Avenue has no open violations (4 past violations).
Unit 2E at 685 Nostrand Avenue has no open violations (4 past violations).
Unit 1-A at 685 Nostrand Avenue has no open violations (8 past violations).
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