115a Chauncey Street, Brooklyn

A late-19th-century Bed-Stuy townhouse with deep family roots.

A two-family Bedford-Stuyvesant townhouse dating back to 1890. Small residential properties like this generate little to no shared-hallway paperwork, so the lived experience comes down to building systems and the surrounding block. Three things to know:

Decades of family history on title. Deed transfers show the property passing through family names like Jackson and Arthur dating back to 1990. Long-held family properties often bypass typical landlord-tenant paperwork, which makes direct questions about upkeep essential.

Surrounding blocks see heavy curb-parking friction. 151 illegal-parking complaints logged within three blocks over the last year. The calls concentrate around improper permit use (72 calls) and posted sign violations (45 calls), with 11 blocked hydrants and 10 double-parks—meaning curb churn is driven by neighborhood parking rules rather than stored derelict cars.

Block-level calls highlight neighborhood plumbing and pest trends. 109 plumbing complaints and 63 unsanitary-condition calls (29 pest-related, 28 mold-related) logged within three blocks over the past year. While these stem from neighboring buildings across the area, old rowhouse infrastructure on the block shares regional water supply pressure and aging main lines.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 12 lead-related calls logged within three blocks in the last year, common for surrounding turn-of-the-century stock.
• 51 street-and-sidewalk noise complaints nearby over 12 months, reflecting standard Bed-Stuy evening block activity.

115a Chauncey Street is a two-family home in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3016860074). This building is associated with Kent D Arthur. 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 1890, 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 May 25, 2019 for $215,000, according to recorded deeds.

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

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