Small South Williamsburg walk-up where upper-unit leak history meets strong block-level commercial activity.
An eight-unit Williamsburg walk-up registered under Mendel Jacobs. The building carries one open housing-code violation, while the surrounding blocks experience steady street life and nearby commercial kitchen activity. Three things to know:
An open housing-code violation stems from a late 2025 bathroom leak. A Class B violation was open in late December 2025 for under 10 square feet of mold on the west bathroom wall in Apartment 4B. That follow-up connects to a cluster of leak and unsanitary complaints logged four months prior, indicating a localized upper-floor leak.
Commercial kitchen exhaust and air quality complaints concentrate on the nearby blockface. Within three blocks, nearby commercial venues generate noticeable air-quality complaints: 16 food establishment calls and 8 indoor air quality calls were logged in the last year. Ground-floor restaurant exhausts nearby mean kitchen fumes can drift into windows or interior shafts depending on airflow.
Double-parking and curb enforcement complaints cluster heavily nearby. 427 illegal parking calls were filed within three blocks over the last 12 months, mostly posted sign violations (230) and blocked hydrants (88). The traffic volume reflects active neighborhood retail and delivery staging rather than direct building disputes.
Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:
163 South 1st Street is a 8-unit building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3023930042). This building is associated with 163 South One LLC. Brix tracks 1 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1920, 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 8 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about unsanitary condition.
What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:
The most recent complaint on this building was filed August 27, 2025.
Conditions cited on open violations at this address:
The building last changed hands on February 1, 2022 for $10,500,000, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 74/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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Unit 4B at 163 South 1st Street has 1 open violation.
Unit 2R at 163 South 1st Street has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 2 at 163 South 1st Street has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 1R at 163 South 1st Street has no open violations (2 past violations).
Unit 1 at 163 South 1st Street has no open violations (9 past violations).
Unit MAIN at 163 South 1st Street has no open violations (2 past violations).
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