Open administrative violations mark the house itself, while heavy parking enforcement and commercial kitchen calls dominate the surrounding blocks.
A two-family Coney Island home built in 1901. As a small residential building, it carries five open code violations tied to missing annual filings and property registration, alongside heavy block-level parking and venting signals. Three things to know:
Open violations stem from missing paperwork rather than hazardous structural defects. Code filings show five open violations. Four are repeated annual bedbug report omissions stretching back to 2023, accompanied by an open violation for failing to maintain a valid property registration statement.
Food establishment calls surface commercial exhaust friction nearby. Within three blocks, neighbors logged four food establishment complaints over the last year, with the last call filed in June 2026. Commercial exhaust and kitchen odor bleed can pass through shared venting or courtyard spaces unnoticed until move-in.
Curb space and driveway access carry heavy block-level friction. Within three blocks, residents logged 406 illegal parking complaints over the past 12 months—led by 225 blocked-hydrant calls—alongside 131 blocked-driveway complaints. Four abandoned vehicle calls were also logged directly at this building address between May and August 2026.
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2851 West 20th Street is a two-family home in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3070190069). This building is associated with Chen, Yanling. Brix tracks 5 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1901, this two-family home 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:
The building last changed hands on November 5, 2014 for $280,000, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 40/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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