A 19th-century Bed-Stuy three-family townhouse with open high-priority citations and active commercial air and noise patterns on surrounding blocks.
A three-unit Bedford-Stuyvesant townhouse built in 1899 that traded to an LLC in May 2024 for $2.315M after multi-decade family ownership. The file carries open high-severity maintenance citations alongside commercial venting and noise activity on surrounding blocks. Three things to know:
Six open code violations sit on file, including two top-severity Class C items. The house carries six open code violations, including two immediately hazardous Class C items for a lack of hot water and missing or defective self-closing public entrance doors. Housing filings also reflect unfulfilled annual bedbug reporting requirements and missing valid registration statements.
Air quality and food-establishment venting calls cluster in the immediate area. Within three blocks over the last 12 months, residents logged 14 complaints for food establishments and 12 for indoor air quality. Restaurant odors and exhaust venting can travel through shared shaftways and floor risers, making indoor air quality noticeable inside apartments.
Commercial nightlife and street parking calls dominate the surrounding blocks. Within three blocks, commercial noise leads local calls with 287 reports over the past year—mostly loud music and party activity—alongside 201 illegal parking complaints, primarily double-parking blocking traffic and hydrants.
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542 Lafayette Avenue is a 3-unit building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3017880030). This building is associated with 542 Lafayette Ave LLC. Brix tracks 6 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 13 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 June 7, 2023.
Conditions cited on open violations at this address:
The building last changed hands on May 30, 2024 for $2,315,000, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 31/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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