A 12-unit Crown Heights walk-up with no open code violations, where winter heat calls and nearby restaurant venting carry the main lived-experience friction.
A 12-unit Crown Heights walk-up where management keeps the building free of active code violations, though seasonal heat complaints, repeated living room leak reports, and neighborhood food venting show up in the surrounding record. Three things to know:
Cold-weather heat calls show a seasonal pattern. Three heat and hot water complaints were logged in 2025, including two during the late fall heating season and one building-wide call in February. While all housing complaints on file have been closed, the seasonal pattern shows winter heating requires active monitoring.
Nearby commercial kitchens and air quality calls signal potential odor drift. Within three blocks, 14 food establishment complaints and 7 indoor air quality reports have been filed over the last year. These commercial venting and odor complaints can drift into lower-floor apartments or through interior air shafts, making riser proximity key before signing.
March 2025 leak calls hit the same living room twice. Two living room water leak complaints were filed in March 2025 just twelve days apart. Both cases were investigated and closed, but repeated calls in the exact same room suggest a pipe or roof issue that took a second pass to fix.
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893 St Johns Place is a 12-unit building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3012480050). This building is associated with 893 St Johns Holdings LLC. Brix tracks 0 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1904, this walk-up apartment building sits in Brooklyn and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.
Tenants have filed 15 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 August 26, 2026.
The building last changed hands on August 20, 2002, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 83/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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Unit 4B at 893 St Johns Place has no open violations (3 past violations).
Unit 3A at 893 St Johns Place has no open violations (6 past violations).
Unit 3B at 893 St Johns Place has no open violations (31 past violations).
Unit 2A at 893 St Johns Place has no open violations (2 past violations).
Unit 1B at 893 St Johns Place has no open violations (2 past violations).
Unit A1 at 893 St Johns Place has no open violations (6 past violations).
Unit A3 at 893 St Johns Place has no open violations (7 past violations).
Unit B1 at 893 St Johns Place has no open violations (12 past violations).
Unit B3 at 893 St Johns Place has no open violations (54 past violations).
Unit B4 at 893 St Johns Place has no open violations (8 past violations).
Unit C1 at 893 St Johns Place has no open violations (3 past violations).
Unit C4 at 893 St Johns Place has no open violations (9 past violations).
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