Winter heating hiccups inside the building, restaurant exhaust activity on the block.
A 6-unit Greenpoint rental building with no open housing-code violations, but heating stability takes work here when winter hits. Meanwhile, commercial kitchen exhaust nearby creates potential odor-bleed risks for upper floors. Three things to know:
Heating calls spike every winter, mostly flagged building-wide. 10 heat and hot water complaints were logged across the last two winters, spanning from December 2024 through January 2026. Seven of those calls came between November 2025 and January 2026 alone, with most flagged as building-wide. The complaints get resolved, but the repeated winter calls show a boiler system under stress.
Nearby food establishment activity brings kitchen exhaust signals to the block. 15 food establishment complaints were recorded within three blocks over the last 12 months, running through September 18, 2026. In smaller brick buildings, commercial kitchen venting and food exhaust can travel up rear lightwells or HVAC risers, making unit positioning key before signing.
Commercial drop-offs and curb turnover keep the immediate street busy. 346 illegal parking calls were logged within three blocks over the last 12 months. The count is driven by posted sign violations (207 calls) and blocked hydrants (39 calls) — loading-zone turnover and short retail drop-offs on Franklin Street rather than stored vehicles.
Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:
202 Franklin Street is a 6-unit building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3025320005). This building is associated with 202 Franklin Street Corp. Brix tracks 6 open HPD violations for this property, 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.
Tenants have filed 58 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 September 3, 2026.
Conditions cited on open violations at this address:
The building last changed hands on January 3, 2019 for $3,450,000, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 4/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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Unit 3L at 202 Franklin Street has 5 open violations.
Unit 2L at 202 Franklin Street has no open violations (12 past violations).
Unit 1R at 202 Franklin Street has no open violations (22 past violations).
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