A three-unit Bed-Stuy brownstone with five open administrative citations on file.
A three-unit 1899 Bed-Stuy brownstone where building filings reflect administrative oversights rather than physical structural damage. The house itself carries five open citations, while the surrounding blocks show typical neighborhood sound and commercial venting activity. Three things to know:
Open citations stem from missing annual filings, not physical defects. Four of the five open code citations on the property stem from missing annual bedbug reports, paired with an invalid property registration status. These reflect compliance oversights rather than active physical defects or tenant-reported repair issues.
Surrounding blocks carry air quality and commercial venting calls. Within three blocks, neighbors logged six food establishment calls and two indoor air quality complaints over the past year. In small multi-family buildings, commercial kitchen exhaust and air quality issues often travel through shared shafts or street-level vents.
Block-level sound centers on residential parties and music. Within three blocks, residents logged 162 residential noise calls over the past 12 months, dominated by loud music, parties, and late-night banging. Street-level noise remains the primary neighborhood complaint across the immediate area.
Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:
255 Patchen Avenue is a 3-unit building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3016780003). This building is associated with Johnson Richard M. Brix tracks 5 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1899, 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 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 January 6, 2025.
Conditions cited on open violations at this address:
The building last changed hands on January 6, 1998, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 38/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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Unit 2 at 255 Patchen Avenue has no open violations (5 past violations).
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