539 Chester Street
Brooklyn · 11212 · BBL 3036140017
539 Chester Street is a multi-family walk-up in Brownsville, Brooklyn, ZIP 11212. City records date it to 1930 and count 4 residential units. The city's property file lists the owner of record as Hinds, John. Its most recent total assessed value is $184K.
What the eviction record shows
No executed eviction is on record at 539 Chester Street in the citywide marshal file, which runs from April 2024.
Rent stabilization at this address
No DHCR rent-stabilization registration is on file for 539 Chester 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. How to check rent-stabilized status →
Open violations
HPD and DOB inspectors have written 62 violations against this building, of which 12 remain unresolved. The most serious open grade here is immediately hazardous, with 6 open violations.
Classes run A (non-hazardous) to C (immediately hazardous); DOB class I carries a vacate order. Source: NYC HPD violations, current through August 26, 2026.
How 539 Chester Street compares in 11212
PulseCities tracks 6,499 lots in 11212, of which 318 carry an executed eviction from the marshal record, which starts in April 2024, and 392 carry a deed from the shorter ACRIS window. 11212 scores 48.2 out of 100 for displacement pressure, 21 of 177 scored NYC ZIP codes. The full signal breakdown for Brownsville →
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Questions about 539 Chester Street
Who owns 539 Chester Street?
The most recent deed on file for 539 Chester Street names Hinds, John. Deeds record the party that took title, which is often a holding company rather than the operator managing the building.
Has 539 Chester Street changed hands recently?
No deed for 539 Chester 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 539 Chester Street?
No executed eviction at 539 Chester 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 539 Chester Street rent stabilized?
No DHCR registration for 539 Chester 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 the displacement risk around 539 Chester Street?
11212 (Brownsville) scores 48.2 out of 100 on the PulseCities displacement index. The score reads five ZIP-level signals: eviction rate, LLC acquisition rate, permit intensity, assessment spikes, and 311 complaint volume. It describes the area around the building, not the building itself.
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.