439 Columbia Street
Brooklyn · 11231 · BBL 3005340001 · look up another building
One open class I violation here, the grade the city uses when it orders part of a building vacated.
Most recent filing on this building: a violation, August 6, 2025
439 Columbia Street is a mixed residential and commercial building in Red Hook, Brooklyn, ZIP 11231. City records date it to 1925 and count 2 apartments, inside 3 units in all. The city's property file lists the owner of record as UNITED 779 REALTY LLC. Its total assessed value is $134K, for the 2026 tax year.
No DHCR registration is on file for this address, which is a gap in the record rather than an answer about your apartment. The state will send you your own rent history free, and it is the only binding answer on what you should be paying.
Know the month this building changes
Most buildings here are quiet. Two filings a year is normal, so most months there's nothing to report on 439 Columbia Street and we'll say so. The point is the month we do
Taxes and assessed value for 439 Columbia Street
The city's Department of Finance assessed this lot at $134K for the 2026 tax year. That works out to $67K per residential unit. Assessed value is what the city taxes, not what the building would sell for, and the two routinely differ by a wide margin. The bill itself turns on the tax class rate and on any exemptions or abatements attached to the lot, neither of which is published here.
No executed evictions at 439 Columbia Street
No executed eviction is on record at 439 Columbia Street in the citywide marshal file, which runs from April 2024.
Rent stabilization at 439 Columbia Street
No DHCR rent-stabilization registration is on file for 439 Columbia Street in the years PulseCities holds. Absence is not proof: an owner who stops registering leaves the same gap as a building that never had stabilized units. Checking your own apartment starts with the free rent history from the state. That is the only binding answer, and it takes time to come back. While you wait, you can get an email when the record here moves: a deed, an eviction, a permit or a violation filed on this building. How to check rent-stabilized status →
Open code violations at 439 Columbia Street
HPD and DOB inspectors have written 12 violations against this building, of which 8 remain unresolved. That is more than 10 in 10 buildings its size in 11231. The most serious open grade here is class I, immediately hazardous, with 1 open violation.
Classes run A (non-hazardous) to C (immediately hazardous); DOB class I carries a vacate order. Source: NYC HPD violations, current through October 10, 2026.
Violation history at 439 Columbia Street
| Violation | Issued | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Properly secure the loose handrail from bottom up at public hall stairs, 2nd storyNov Sent Out | Aug 6, 2025 | B |
| Remove all encumbrances consisting of household articles at public hall, 3rd storyNov Sent Out | Aug 1, 2025 | B |
| Repair, replace or provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordan…Nov Sent Out | Aug 1, 2025 | B |
| Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in uniform color at ceiling in the 1st bathroom fr…Nov Sent Out | Aug 1, 2025 | B |
| Repair, replace or provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordan…Nov Sent Out | Jul 28, 2025 | B |
| Provide adequate supply of hot water for the fixtures no volume in the entire apartmentNov Sent Out | Jul 28, 2025 | C |
| Provide adequate supply of cold water for the fixtures no volume in the entire apartmentNov Sent Out | Jul 28, 2025 | C |
| Owner failed to file a valid registration statement with the department as required by adm code §27-2097 and i…Info Nov Sent Out | Jul 17, 2025 | I |
The 8 most recent violations written against this building, newest first, 8 of them still open. Each row is the inspector's own wording with the statute citation removed. Source: NYC HPD violations, current through October 10, 2026.
311 complaint history at 439 Columbia Street
13 complaints in the past 12 months
NYC 311 housing and building complaints logged for this address. Source: NYC 311, current through October 10, 2026.
How 439 Columbia Street compares in 11231
PulseCities tracks 4,844 lots in 11231, of which 30 carry an executed eviction from the marshal record, which starts in April 2024, and 329 carry a deed from the shorter ACRIS window. 11231 scores 43.3 out of 100 for displacement pressure, 38 of 177 scored NYC ZIP codes. The full signal breakdown for Red Hook →
Other buildings on this block
The city's files carry a record for 5 other addresses on tax block 534 in Brooklyn. They run in lot order, which is roughly the order you would walk them:
Questions about 439 Columbia Street
Who owns 439 Columbia Street?
The city's property file lists UNITED 779 REALTY LLC as the owner of record for 439 Columbia Street. No deed for this lot appears in the ACRIS records PulseCities holds, so that name comes from the tax roll rather than from a recorded transfer.
Has 439 Columbia Street changed hands recently?
No deed for 439 Columbia Street appears in the ACRIS records PulseCities holds. That means no transfer has been published for this lot in the current window, not that the building has never been sold.
Have there been evictions at 439 Columbia Street?
No executed eviction at 439 Columbia Street appears in the NYC evictions dataset, which PulseCities holds from April 2024 forward. Executed evictions are the end of the process, so a building with none may still have active housing court cases.
Is 439 Columbia Street rent stabilized?
No DHCR registration for 439 Columbia Street appears in the years PulseCities holds. That is a gap in the registration record rather than an answer about any apartment, and the free rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal is what settles it.
What is 439 Columbia Street assessed at for property taxes?
The Department of Finance assessed the lot at $134K for the 2026 tax year. That is the figure the city taxes rather than a sale price, and the bill depends on the tax class rate and on any exemptions on the lot.
What is the displacement risk around 439 Columbia Street?
11231 (Red Hook) scores 43.3 out of 100 on the PulseCities displacement index. The score reads five ZIP-level signals: LLC acquisition rate, permit intensity, 311 complaint volume, executed evictions, and serious HPD violations. It describes the area around the building, not the building itself.
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Sourced from NYC public records: ACRIS deeds, DOB permits, the NYC evictions dataset, and 311. Records reflect what agencies have published and can lag events.