Regular management filings keep building code issues low, but winter heat calls and neighborhood air quality complaints pop up in the surrounding block profile.
This 77-unit Crown Heights rental building operates as dedicated affordable housing. Management maintains an active presence with few open code issues, but tenant calls highlight winter heating patterns, street sound, and local air quality. Three things to know:
Winter heat calls recur across cold weather months. Five heat and hot water complaints were logged over the last two winters, including an open building-wide filing from January 30, 2026. Steam systems in mid-rise complexes often experience mid-winter drop-offs, so verifying radiator condition before signing is key.
Indoor air quality calls pop up in the surrounding three blocks. Within three blocks, neighbors logged 7 indoor air quality complaints over the past year, with the most recent call on September 18, 2026. Hallway odor and vapor drift usually track specific vertical risers or ground-floor ventilation shafts.
Block-level sound concentrates along nearby street faces. Within three blocks of the building, residents logged 155 residential noise calls in the past 12 months, driven primarily by loud music and pounding. How much of that reaches your living room depends on whether your windows face St Marks Avenue or an interior setback.
Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:
1481 St Marks Avenue is a 77-unit building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3014520066). This building is associated with Berean Housing Development Fund Company. Brix tracks 1 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1995, 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 16 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 25, 2026.
Conditions cited on open violations at this address:
The building last changed hands on June 25, 2018, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 82/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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Unit 7B at 1481 St Marks Avenue has no open violations (2 past violations).
Unit 7G at 1481 St Marks Avenue has no open violations (2 past violations).
Unit 7H at 1481 St Marks Avenue has no open violations (2 past violations).
Unit 7J at 1481 St Marks Avenue has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 6G at 1481 St Marks Avenue has no open violations (6 past violations).
Unit 6L at 1481 St Marks Avenue has no open violations (2 past violations).
Unit 5C at 1481 St Marks Avenue has no open violations (2 past violations).
Unit 5G at 1481 St Marks Avenue has no open violations (4 past violations).
Unit 5H at 1481 St Marks Avenue has no open violations (4 past violations).
Unit 4L at 1481 St Marks Avenue has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 3A at 1481 St Marks Avenue has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 1J at 1481 St Marks Avenue has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 1L at 1481 St Marks Avenue has no open violations (4 past violations).
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