188 Howard Avenue, Brooklyn

The house itself carries little municipal paperwork, but surrounding street patterns shape the daily experience.

A two-family 1910 Bedford-Stuyvesant townhouse where internal paperwork is minimal, making block-level dynamics the primary thing to underwrite. Three things to know:

Late-night music and party noise dominate the surrounding streets. Within three blocks of the house, residents logged 132 residential noise complaints over the past year, heavily skewed toward 104 loud music and party calls.

Air quality and indoor odor calls pop up on the surrounding blockfaces. Five indoor air quality calls were logged within three blocks, pointing to potential odor or exhaust drift in the micro-area alongside 100 unsanitary condition reports dominated by pests and mold.

Sanitation and rodent complaints run high along the surrounding streetscape. The surrounding three blocks logged 100 unsanitary condition calls and 55 separate rodent reports over the last year, showing strong pest pressure along the streetscape.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 78 illegal parking calls within three blocks over the last year, dominated by posted sign violations and blocked hydrants.
• 76 street and sidewalk noise complaints logged across the three-block radius over the last 12 months.

188 Howard Avenue is a two-family home in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3015080047). 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 1910, 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 October 17, 2002 for $215,000, according to recorded deeds.

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