What the record shows

Where the buildings are 4 of the 5 buildings with a current record — 80% — are in Brooklyn, with the rest spread across one other borough. Manhattan accounts for 1.

How the violations are distributed Open violations are not spread evenly across these buildings. 8705 Bay Parkway alone carries 40 of them — 51% of everything open across the buildings with a current record — and one building holds half of the total. Behind it sit 8619 23 Avenue with 15 and 8615 23 Avenue with 15.

Violations per apartment Across 35 apartments the portfolio runs 2.26 open violations per unit. four buildings average at least one open violation for every apartment in them.

The split inside the portfolio 1 of the 5 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 1925, 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.

How long things stay open The longest-standing open item in the portfolio is at 8705 Bay Parkway 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 53 violations were written against these buildings in the last 24 months. 28 of them — 53% — have since been cleared, and 24 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 James Chow, including 425 53 Street in Brooklyn.

James Chow

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

Adding violation and complaint figures…