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48 St Johns Place

Brooklyn · 11217 · BBL 3009470029 · look up another building

19 code violations written here, more than 9 in 10 buildings its size in 11217.

Most recent filing on this building: a violation, April 7, 2026

48 St Johns Place is a multi-family walk-up in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, ZIP 11217. City records date it to 1920 and count 4 apartments. The city's property file lists the owner of record as a private individual. Its total assessed value is $1.1M, 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 48 St Johns Place and we'll say so. The point is the month we do

Sales and ownership history at 48 St Johns Place

Party recordedRecordedAmount
Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentASST from FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATIONMay 11, 2026
Federal National Mortgage AssociationASST from MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT LLCJan 29, 2026

Deeds and assignments recorded in ACRIS, one row per document. Amount is the stated consideration; $0 often marks a non-arms-length transfer. An assignment moves a lender's paper and is not a sale. Source: NYC ACRIS, current through September 29, 2026.

Taxes and assessed value for 48 St Johns Place

The city's Department of Finance assessed this lot at $1.1M for the 2026 tax year. That works out to $274K 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 48 St Johns Place

No executed eviction is on record at 48 St Johns Place in the citywide marshal file, which runs from April 2024.

Rent stabilization at 48 St Johns Place

No DHCR rent-stabilization registration is on file for 48 St Johns Place 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 48 St Johns Place

HPD and DOB inspectors have written 19 violations against this building, of which 15 remain unresolved. That is more than 9 in 10 buildings its size in 11217. The most serious open grade here is hazardous, with 14 open violations.

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 48 St Johns Place

ViolationIssuedClass
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective metal cornice at building frontNov Sent OutApr 7, 2026B
Properly repair or replace the broken or defective missing glass insert at frence door vestibule at public hal…Nov Sent OutApr 7, 2026B
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective at ceiling and all walls at public hallNov Sent OutApr 7, 2026B
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardant at ceiling and all walls at publi…Nov Sent OutApr 7, 2026B
Properly repair or replace the broken or defective formica counter top at sink in the kitchenNov Sent OutApr 7, 2026B
Repair the leaky and/or defective faucets at sink in the kitchenNov Sent OutApr 7, 2026B
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at ceiling and all walls in the…Nov Sent OutApr 7, 2026B
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at ceiling and all walls in the…Nov Sent OutApr 7, 2026B

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.

How 48 St Johns Place compares in 11217

30.6/100LOW AREA PRESSURE

PulseCities tracks 3,994 lots in 11217, of which 56 carry an executed eviction from the marshal record, which starts in April 2024, and 282 carry a deed from the shorter ACRIS window. 11217 scores 30.6 out of 100 for displacement pressure, 88 of 177 scored NYC ZIP codes. The full signal breakdown for Boerum Hill →

Other buildings on this block

The city's files carry a record for 4 other addresses on tax block 947 in Brooklyn. They run in lot order, which is roughly the order you would walk them:

Questions about 48 St Johns Place

Who owns 48 St Johns Place?

The city's property file lists a private individual as the owner of record for 48 St Johns Place. 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 48 St Johns Place changed hands recently?

No deed for 48 St Johns Place 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 48 St Johns Place?

No executed eviction at 48 St Johns Place 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 48 St Johns Place rent stabilized?

No DHCR registration for 48 St Johns Place 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 48 St Johns Place assessed at for property taxes?

The Department of Finance assessed the lot at $1.1M 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 48 St Johns Place?

11217 (Boerum Hill) scores 30.6 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.