Small Kent Avenue rental where basic landlord filings have lapsed and surrounding commercial nightlife creates noticeable noise and air-quality patterns.
A three-unit Williamsburg property right on Kent Avenue where ownership has remained in the same family lineage since 2006, but operational filings have lapsed. Three things to know:
Administrative violations are accumulating even as the physical record stays clear of repair issues. The building carries 8 open citations, but none involve physical defects like heat or hot water. Four are Class A notices for missed annual bedbug filings, and four are invalid registration statements spanning consecutive years back to 2022. It points to administrative omission rather than physical neglect.
Restaurant venting and air-quality calls pop up along the immediate block. Within three blocks, 9 food establishment complaints and 3 indoor air quality calls were filed over the last 12 months, with the most recent air-quality call on August 12, 2026. Kitchen exhaust and food-prep fumes frequently drift upward into residential units along commercial corridors like this.
Commercial party noise dominates the immediate neighborhood late into the night. 166 commercial noise calls were logged within three blocks over the past year, running through September 19, 2026. 156 of those calls cited loud music and parties. Another 155 calls involved illegal parking, led by posted-sign violations and blocked sidewalks right on the surrounding blocks.
Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:
225 Kent Avenue is a 3-unit building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3023780007). This building is associated with 225 Leo Realty LLC. Brix tracks 8 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1899, this mixed-use building sits in Brooklyn and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.
Conditions cited on open violations at this address:
The building last changed hands on December 3, 2008, according to recorded deeds.
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