Open class-C citations for cold water, hot water, and cooking gas coincide with commercial food odor calls in the immediate area.
A three-family Bed-Stuy townhouse built in 1899 that transferred to an LLC in 2024. The property carries open class-C utility citations inside a surrounding block clear with heavy residential sound and commercial food venting. Three things to know:
Apartment 3 carries open class-C citations for missing basic utilities. The property carries 9 total open violations. Three are class-C immediate hazards issued for a total lack of hot water, cold water, and cooking gas in apartment 3, alongside class-B orders for broken plaster and ceilings in the third-floor hallway.
Commercial food complaints cluster in the surrounding three blocks. Within three blocks of the house, 53 food establishment calls were logged over the last 12 months. Kitchen venting, commercial exhaust, and food odors frequently travel through shared risers or rear yards in row-house corridors.
Street and party noise run thick across the three-block radius. Over the past year, 560 residential noise calls and 210 street-noise complaints were recorded within three blocks, driven mainly by loud music, parties, and sidewalk gathering.
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478 Decatur Street is a 3-unit building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3016830035). This building is associated with Decatur Brownstone LLC. Brix tracks 9 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 1 HPD complaint about this building over the last five years, most often about appliance.
What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:
The most recent complaint on this building was filed April 16, 2024.
Conditions cited on open violations at this address:
The building last changed hands on April 26, 2024, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 40/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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Unit 3 at 478 Decatur Street has 5 open violations.
Unit 2 at 478 Decatur Street has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 1 at 478 Decatur Street has no open violations (1 past violation).
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