131 Keap Street, Brooklyn

A four-unit Williamsburg property where the paper trail is messy, but tenant complaints are absent.

A four-unit Williamsburg property on Keap Street where management has let basic paperwork slide while keeping operational complaints off the map. Three things to know:

Eight open violations on file, all driven by administrative lapses. The building carries eight open violations, driven by two repeating administrative issues: missing annual building registration filings and missing annual bedbug report filings. While non-hazardous, these consecutive open citations mean management is routinely skipping basic city paperwork.

Zero permit history on file for interior renovations. The physical record shows zero DOB permit filings on record. In a small four-unit layout, cosmetic updates like painting or floor refinishing between tenants don't require permits, but any structural or layout changes should be accounted for.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 59 traffic signal issue reports within three blocks last year, mostly controller failures
• 35 street condition reports within three blocks last year, including 17 cave-in filings
• 28 illegal parking reports within three blocks over the last 12 months
• The immediate neighborhood has typical street infrastructure activity, but the building itself generates zero tenant noise or maintenance calls.

131 Keap Street is a 4-unit building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3021930059). This building is associated with Congregation Nezah Israel. Brix tracks 8 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1900, this Brooklyn property is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.

Conditions cited on open violations at this address:

• (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPDS WEBSITE, WWW
• §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE SUBJECT TO CIVIL PEN

The building last changed hands on March 17, 1978, according to recorded deeds.

Brix score: 49/100. View the Building Report on Brix.

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