48 East 51st Street, Brooklyn

Four-unit rental where internal code records are unverified, but surrounding block activity is clear.

Four-unit East Flatbush residential building from 1930. Housing code and permit data for this property are unverified due to incomplete recent records, leaving its internal maintenance log unconfirmed. Street-level activity around the property, however, shows clear patterns. Three things to know:

Driveway and sidewalk access stay congested on the block. 87 illegal parking calls and 84 blocked driveway complaints were logged within three blocks over the last 12 months. The parking calls focus heavily on blocked sidewalks (35 calls) and sign violations (17 calls) rather than double parking. Driveway calls are split between total access blocks (46) and partial blocks (38), pointing to tight curb friction around the property.

Commercial music and street noise carry down the block. 48 commercial noise complaints were logged within three blocks over the last year, driven almost entirely by loud music and parties (46 calls). Combined with 37 street noise calls in the same radius, commercial activity sets a loud evening baseline for the surrounding area.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 17 food establishment complaints within three blocks over the past year
• 16 derelict vehicle reports within three blocks in the last 12 months
• 4 indoor air quality reports in the surrounding three-block radius

48 East 51st Street is a 4-unit building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3045910038). This building is associated with City Of New York. Brix tracks 8 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1930, this walk-up apartment 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:

• (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPDS WEBSITE, WWW
• §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE SUBJECT TO CIVIL PEN

The building last changed hands on September 25, 2002, according to recorded deeds.

Brix score: 49/100. View the Building Report on Brix.

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