A 1902 Crown Heights townhouse where street-level food venting and a brief heat glitch mark the record.
A single-family Crown Heights townhouse built in 1902. As a single-unit home without shared hallways, the property generates almost no internal maintenance filings, making street activity and brief mechanical blips the main markers of lived experience. Three things to know:
Food establishment venting operates within three blocks. Five calls for food establishments were logged within three blocks over the last year, highlighting commercial kitchen operations and food prep in the immediate neighborhood. For a residential house, food-establishment exhaust and grease trap odors can drift into ground-floor spaces or open backyards.
A brief heating cluster logged in mid-2025. Four calls for heat and hot water came in between late May and June 2025. This brief cluster points to a specific mechanical repair or boiler adjustment rather than an ongoing heating failure, forming the only notable operational friction on file.
Parking congestion and residential noise dominate the surrounding blocks. Within three blocks, calls are led by 157 parking complaints over the last year—mostly blocked sidewalks and hydrants—alongside 84 residential noise reports. The house itself stays clear of tenant complaints, but the immediate street block experiences active curb competition.
Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:
23 Virginia Place is a single-family home in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3012440062). This building is associated with Portelette, Edouard P. 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 1902, this single-family home sits in Brooklyn and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.
Tenants have filed 4 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 June 22, 2025.
The building last changed hands on March 14, 2017 for $127,500, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 100/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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