211 Essex Street
Brooklyn · 11208 · BBL 3039570002 · look up another building
A company took title here in August 1, 2025, for a stated $850K.
Most recent filing on this building: a permit, September 30, 2026
211 Essex Street is a one and two family building in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, ZIP 11208. City records date it to 1901 and count a single home. The city's property file lists the owner of record as 211 HOLDING ESSEX LLC. Its total assessed value is $61K, 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.
Who owns 211 Essex Street
The most recent recorded deed is dated Aug 1, 2025, transferring the lot to 211 HOLDING ESSEX LLC for a stated $850K. PulseCities holds 1 recorded deed for this lot. Deeds recorded through September 29, 2026, the most recent day the city has published.
A deed names a party of record. Stated consideration of $0 usually marks a transfer between related parties rather than a sale.
The November 1 report on this block
On the first of every month we email one page about tax block 3957 in Brooklyn, the block 211 Essex Street is on. It lists what was filed there that month, then where the block stands. As of today, that part reads:
- 4 buildings changed hands in the last twelve months.
- The block holds 38 parcels and 95 residential units.
Anything filed on 211 Essex Street itself comes the next morning.
Sales and ownership history at 211 Essex Street
| Party recorded | Recorded | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 211 Holding Essex LLCDEED from 211 ESSEX STREET LLC | Aug 1, 2025 | $850K |
| Sahara 180 Holdings LLCASST from ABL RPC RESIDENTIAL CREDIT ACQUISITION LLC | Jul 29, 2025 |
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 211 Essex Street
The city's Department of Finance assessed this lot at $61K for the 2026 tax year. 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 211 Essex Street
No executed eviction is on record at 211 Essex Street in the citywide marshal file, which runs from April 2024.
Rent stabilization at 211 Essex Street
No DHCR rent-stabilization registration is on file for 211 Essex 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 211 Essex Street
HPD and DOB inspectors have written 1 violation against this building, of which 1 remains unresolved. That is more than 8 in 10 buildings its size in 11208. The most serious open grade here is class I, immediately hazardous, with 1 open violation.
If you own or manage this building, violationscout.com shows what it takes to clear these, from the date each one has to be certified by to how a correction gets filed. It is a paid site, built by the same person as this one.
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 211 Essex Street
| Violation | Issued | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Owner failed to file a valid registration statement with the department as required by adm code §27-2097 and i…Info Nov Sent Out | Nov 24, 2025 | I |
The 1 most recent violations written against this building, newest first, 1 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.
Permits filed at 211 Essex Street
| Work | Filed | Type |
|---|---|---|
| ALINSTALL CONSTRUCTION FENCE AS PER PLANS. | Sep 30, 2026 | AL |
DOB job filings on this lot, past 12 months. Source: NYC DOB job filings, current through October 9, 2026.
311 complaint history at 211 Essex Street
3 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 211 Essex Street compares in 11208
PulseCities tracks 11,309 lots in 11208, of which 276 carry an executed eviction from the marshal record, which starts in April 2024, and 794 carry a deed from the shorter ACRIS window. 11208 scores 45.1 out of 100 for displacement pressure, 32 of 177 scored NYC ZIP codes. The full signal breakdown for Cypress Hills →
Other buildings on this block
The city's files carry a record for 6 other addresses on tax block 3957 in Brooklyn. They run in lot order, which is roughly the order you would walk them:
Questions about 211 Essex Street
Who owns 211 Essex Street?
The most recent deed on file for 211 Essex Street names 211 HOLDING ESSEX LLC. Deeds record the party that took title, which is often a holding company rather than the operator managing the building. That deed was recorded Aug 1, 2025.
How much did 211 Essex Street sell for?
The most recent deed states a consideration of $850K, recorded Aug 1, 2025 in ACRIS. Stated consideration is what the parties filed, and it can differ from the economics of the deal.
Have there been evictions at 211 Essex Street?
No executed eviction at 211 Essex 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 211 Essex Street rent stabilized?
No DHCR registration for 211 Essex 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 211 Essex Street assessed at for property taxes?
The Department of Finance assessed the lot at $61K 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 211 Essex Street?
11208 (Cypress Hills) scores 45.1 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.