157 Wilson Avenue, Brooklyn

Unpermitted basement alterations and immediate-hazard pest violations overlap with active air-quality calls around the block.

This Bushwick six-family pre-war carries 10 open housing violations alongside active food-exhaust complaints across the surrounding block. Three things to know:

Unpermitted basement living space and Class C pest violations anchor the open building record. Inspectors cited the building for unpermitted alterations that breached the floor slab to install illegal basement plumbing fixtures and living quarters. The open file also carries 2 Class C immediate-hazard violations for roach and mouse infestations in Apartment 1R.

Surrounding block calls highlight recurring food-exhaust and air-quality complaints. Within three blocks of the building, neighbors logged 7 indoor air quality complaints and 6 food establishment complaints over the last 12 months. These calls signal localized commercial venting and odor drift across the immediate blockface that can bleed into apartments.

Residential music and party calls dominate the surrounding three blocks. Within three blocks, neighbors logged 205 residential noise calls in the last 12 months, driven primarily by 133 loud music and party complaints. Street noise adds another 119 calls nearby, reflecting active block activity late into the week.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• Four water leak complaints were logged in mid-2026, triggering related plaster and flooring violations.
• 109 illegal parking complaints within three blocks over the last year, led by 42 blocked hydrants.
• 51 encampment complaints filed within three blocks over the last 12 months.

157 Wilson Avenue is a 6-unit building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3032190003). This building is associated with 157 Wilson LLC. Brix tracks 10 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 27 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:

• Unsanitary Condition: 9 complaints
• Water Leak: 8 complaints
• Door/window: 3 complaints
• Heat/hot Water: 2 complaints

The most recent complaint on this building was filed October 9, 2026.

Conditions cited on open violations at this address:

• HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017
• § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE WEST WALL IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED AT APT 1R, 1st ST
• § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 1R UPPER LEVEL, 1st STORY,
• § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT ALL PEELING PAINT SURFACES IN THE 21st ROOM FROM NORTH, THE 22nd ROOM F

The building last changed hands on January 12, 2017, according to recorded deeds.

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