What the record shows

Where the buildings are All 5 buildings sit in Brooklyn. A single-borough portfolio means one set of inspectors, one housing court, and one local complaint pattern behind every number on this page.

How the violations are distributed Open violations are not spread evenly across these buildings. 361 Washington Avenue alone carries 6 of them — 60% of everything open across the buildings with a current record — and one building holds half of the total. Behind it sit 244 Washington Avenue with 1 and 312 Lafayette Avenue with 1.

Violations per apartment Across 27 apartments the portfolio runs 0.37 open violations per unit. No single building in the portfolio averages a full open violation per apartment.

What tenants called in Tenants filed 22 complaints against these buildings in the last 12 months, or 0.81 per apartment. The heaviest was 361 Washington Avenue with 22. Complaints and violations are separate records — a complaint that closed without an inspector getting inside leaves no violation behind it.

Age of the stock The median building here went up in 1880, and 5 of 5 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.

What has moved in the last two years 21 violations were written against these buildings in the last 24 months. 11 of them — 52% — have since been cleared, and 10 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 5 NYC buildings linked to Danny Browne, including 248 Dekalb Avenue in Brooklyn.

Danny Browne

NYC landlord portfolio: 5 buildings we track, with violations, complaints and repair history for each.

Adding violation and complaint figures…