102 Chester Avenue
Brooklyn · 11218 · BBL 3053100015 · 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, May 4, 2026
102 Chester Avenue is a multi-family walk-up in Kensington, Brooklyn, ZIP 11218. City records date it to 1931 and count 4 apartments. The city's property file lists the owner of record as a private individual. Its total assessed value is $302K, 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.
The November 1 report on this block
On the first of every month we email one page about tax block 5310 in Brooklyn, the block 102 Chester Avenue is on. It lists what was filed there that month, then where the block stands. As of today, that part reads:
- 1 building changed hands in the last twelve months, across 2 recorded deeds.
- 1 marshal eviction executed here in the last twelve months.
- The block holds 19 parcels and 59 residential units.
Anything filed on 102 Chester Avenue itself comes the next morning.
Taxes and assessed value for 102 Chester Avenue
The city's Department of Finance assessed this lot at $302K for the 2026 tax year. That works out to $76K 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 102 Chester Avenue
No executed eviction is on record at 102 Chester Avenue in the citywide marshal file, which runs from April 2024.
Rent stabilization at 102 Chester Avenue
No DHCR rent-stabilization registration is on file for 102 Chester Avenue 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 102 Chester Avenue
HPD and DOB inspectors have written 13 violations against this building, of which 9 remain unresolved. That is more than 9 in 10 buildings its size in 11218. 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 102 Chester Avenue
| 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 |
| 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 19, 2025 | I |
| 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 |
| Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardant material at ceiling at boiler roo…Nov Sent Out | Feb 26, 2025 | B |
| Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective door at south wall in the boiler room at…Nov Sent Out | Feb 26, 2025 | C |
| Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinges at the entrance/east wall of the…Nov Sent Out | Feb 26, 2025 | C |
| Remove device preventing door from being self-closing consisting of permanently installed kickdown door stoppe…Violation Dismissed | Feb 24, 2025 | C |
| Remove device preventing door from being self-closing consisting of permanently installed hook and eye at buil…Violation Dismissed | Feb 24, 2025 | C |
The 8 most recent violations written against this building, newest first, 6 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 102 Chester Avenue
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 102 Chester Avenue compares in 11218
PulseCities tracks 6,870 lots in 11218, of which 107 carry an executed eviction from the marshal record, which starts in April 2024, and 407 carry a deed from the shorter ACRIS window. 11218 scores 31.1 out of 100 for displacement pressure, 87 of 177 scored NYC ZIP codes. The full signal breakdown for Kensington →
Other buildings on this block
The city's files carry a record for 3 other addresses on tax block 5310 in Brooklyn. They run in lot order, which is roughly the order you would walk them:
Questions about 102 Chester Avenue
Who owns 102 Chester Avenue?
The city's property file lists a private individual as the owner of record for 102 Chester Avenue. 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 102 Chester Avenue changed hands recently?
No deed for 102 Chester Avenue 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 102 Chester Avenue?
No executed eviction at 102 Chester Avenue 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 102 Chester Avenue rent stabilized?
No DHCR registration for 102 Chester Avenue 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 102 Chester Avenue assessed at for property taxes?
The Department of Finance assessed the lot at $302K 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 102 Chester Avenue?
11218 (Kensington) scores 31.1 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.