What the record shows

Where the buildings are 31 of the 60 buildings with a current record — 52% — are in Queens, with the rest spread across three other boroughs. Brooklyn accounts for 16; Staten Island accounts for 9.

How the violations are distributed Open violations are not spread evenly across these buildings. 6608 12 Avenue alone carries 43 of them — 72% of everything open across the buildings with a current record — and one building holds half of the total. Behind it sit 1417 Parker Street with 8 and 749 East 220 Street with 8.

Violations per apartment Across 106 apartments the portfolio runs 0.57 open violations per unit. three buildings average at least one open violation for every apartment in them.

The split inside the portfolio 56 of the 60 buildings with a current record have nothing open against them today, while 4 do. Portfolio-level averages hide that split, which is why the list is worth reading one row at a time.

Age of the stock The median building here went up in 1940, and 43 of 60 predate 1960. Pre-1960 buildings carry lead-paint and window-guard obligations that newer stock does not, which shapes what turns up in an inspection.

How long things stay open The longest-standing open item in the portfolio is at 1417 Parker Street and has been open 4.0 years. An old open violation is not a paperwork lag — it is a condition the city recorded and has not been shown to be corrected.

What has moved in the last two years 28 violations were written against these buildings in the last 24 months. 20 of them — 71% — have since been cleared, and 8 are still open. That ratio moves between city sweeps, which is why a standing total on its own says less than it looks like it does.

Brix tracks 60 NYC buildings linked to Wei Chen, including 1417 Parker Street in Bronx.

Chen, Wei

NYC landlord portfolio: 11 buildings we track, with violations, complaints and repair history for each.

Adding violation and complaint figures…