A long-held Bed-Stuy three-family where the block brings real street-level texture.
A 1931 Bedford-Stuyvesant three-family home on Lexington Avenue where the building's own operational file carries zero active housing code violations. The real story lives outside the front door, where sanitation and parking friction define the surrounding blocks. Two things to know:
Long-term family history on the deed. Small three-unit residential buildings of this vintage often sit out of heavy municipal paper trails. Title transfers stretch back decades into the 1980s, reflecting long-term ownership rather than corporate flippers.
Sanitation and party noise carry the surrounding blocks. Within three blocks of the building, residents logged 157 unsanitary condition calls over the last year, heavily split between mold (73 calls) and pests (60 calls). Residential noise is also active nearby, with 130 complaints driven primarily by loud music and parties (81 calls).
Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:
475 Lexington Avenue is a 3-unit building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3018000056). This building is associated with Tyson, Lewis W Jr. 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 1931, this walk-up apartment building sits in Brooklyn and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.
The building last changed hands on April 2, 1987 for $23,000, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 100/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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