870 Sterling Place, Brooklyn

A long-held Crown Heights two-family townhouse with recent title movement.

A Crown Heights two-family townhouse built in 1889 that stayed in family hands for over thirty years before changing titles in June 2026. As a small residential building, it generates very little city paperwork of its own. Two things to know:

Thirty years of family ownership recently transferred title. The deed transferred in June 2026 from long-time ownership. Family-scale holdings like this don't generate apartment-building administrative filings, so underwriting shifts entirely to physical systems and how the home is currently operated.

The surrounding blocks carry active noise and pest complaints. Within three blocks, residential noise leads active complaints over the last year, with 141 calls (mostly party-related) alongside 77 unsanitary condition reports dominated by pests and mold. The house stays out of agency filings, but it lives on a block where street-level activity is active.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 73 illegal parking calls within three blocks over the last year, mostly double-parking and driveway blockage.
• 25 rodent calls within three blocks in the trailing 12 months, trailing general unsanitary reports.

870 Sterling Place is a two-family home in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3012480014). This building is associated with Aubrey L Collins. 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 1889, this two-family home sits in Brooklyn and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.

The building last changed hands on June 25, 2026, according to recorded deeds.

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

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