A two-family home above commercial space where retail use and avenue traffic generate the main friction.
A 1930 two-family building on Pitkin Avenue sitting directly over ground-floor commercial space. Residential complaints against the house itself are scarce, but commercial use and street-level friction shape the environment. Three things to know:
Ground-floor retail operations trigger direct operational filings. The building carries filings linked to storefront operations, including retail consumer reports, merchandise blocking the sidewalk, and an open filing for use contrary to the certificate of occupancy.
Surrounding food and commercial space generate air quality and exhaust calls. Within three blocks, air-quality complaints show repeated activity over the last year, including 9 indoor air quality reports and 6 food establishment complaints. Fumes and food exhaust frequently travel through shared risers or rear yards in mixed-use structures.
Curbside and driveway blockages are constant along the immediate stretch. Vehicular traffic dominates the blockface, with 105 blocked driveway calls (mostly full access blockages) and 93 illegal parking reports logged within three blocks over the last 12 months.
Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:
1730 Pitkin Avenue is a 2-unit building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3035230014). This building is associated with Pit Plaza LLC. Brix tracks 0 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1930, this mixed-use building sits in Brooklyn and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.
Tenants have filed 10 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 August 11, 2025.
The building last changed hands on November 4, 2020 for $860,953.65, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 100/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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Unit 2 at 1730 Pitkin Avenue has no open violations (9 past violations).
Unit 1 at 1730 Pitkin Avenue has no open violations (9 past violations).
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