252 Essex Street
Brooklyn · 11208 · BBL 3039710029 · look up another building
Most recent filing on this building: a violation, May 4, 2026
252 Essex Street is a multi-family walk-up in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, ZIP 11208. City records date it to 1904 and count 4 apartments. The city's property file lists the owner of record as 101-7 LLC. Its total assessed value is $206K, 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 252 Essex Street and we'll say so. The point is the month we do
Taxes and assessed value for 252 Essex Street
The city's Department of Finance assessed this lot at $206K for the 2026 tax year. That works out to $52K 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 252 Essex Street
No executed eviction is on record at 252 Essex Street in the citywide marshal file, which runs from April 2024.
Rent stabilization at 252 Essex Street
No DHCR rent-stabilization registration is on file for 252 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 252 Essex Street
HPD and DOB inspectors have written 8 violations against this building, of which 8 remain unresolved. That is more than 9 in 10 buildings its size in 11208. The most serious open grade here is immediately hazardous, with 3 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 252 Essex Street
| Violation | Issued | Class |
|---|---|---|
| File annual bedbug report in accordance with hpd rule as described on the back of this notice of violation or…Nov Sent Out | May 4, 2026 | A |
| Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartmentNotice Of Issuance Sent To Tenant | Jun 27, 2025 | C |
| File annual bedbug report in accordance with hpd rule as described on the back of this notice of violation or…Nov Sent Out | Jun 9, 2025 | A |
| Paint or post a sign indicating floors at public hall, 2nd storyInvalid Certification | Jan 15, 2025 | A |
| File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing pr…Invalid Certification | Jan 15, 2025 | A |
| Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all walls and ceiling in the entire apar…Invalid Certification | Jan 15, 2025 | A |
| Abate the infestation consisting of mice in the entire apartmentInvalid Certification | Jan 15, 2025 | C |
| Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartmentInvalid Certification | Jan 15, 2025 | C |
The 8 most recent violations written against this building, newest first, 3 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 252 Essex Street
1 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 252 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 8 other addresses on tax block 3971 in Brooklyn. They run in lot order, which is roughly the order you would walk them:
- 357 Linwood StreetCypress Hills, 11208
- 355 Linwood StreetCypress Hills, 11208
- 353 Linwood StreetCypress Hills, 11208
- 3002 Atlantic AvenueCypress Hills, 11208
- 260 Essex StreetCypress Hills, 11208
- 264 Essex StreetCypress Hills, 11208
- 278 Essex StreetCypress Hills, 11208
- 739 Liberty AvenueCypress Hills, 11208
Questions about 252 Essex Street
Who owns 252 Essex Street?
The city's property file lists 101-7 LLC as the owner of record for 252 Essex 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 252 Essex Street changed hands recently?
No deed for 252 Essex 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 252 Essex Street?
No executed eviction at 252 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 252 Essex Street rent stabilized?
No DHCR registration for 252 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 252 Essex Street assessed at for property taxes?
The Department of Finance assessed the lot at $206K 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 252 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.