159 Bay 29 Street
Brooklyn · 11214 · BBL 3064140006
159 Bay 29 Street is a mixed residential and commercial building in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, ZIP 11214. City records date it to 1926 and count 34 residential units of 39 total. The city's property file lists the owner of record as 159 Bay Realty LLC. Its most recent total assessed value is $1.4M.
What the eviction record shows
City marshals executed 1 eviction at 159 Bay 29 Street in the record PulseCities holds, the most recent on Oct 21, 2024. Holding the marshal docket number or the court index number from one of these? Look up that case →
Rent stabilization at this address
DHCR registration records list 29 rent-stabilized units at this building in 2019, the most recent year PulseCities holds. Registration is building-level and does not settle the status of any single apartment; the rent history does. Checking your own apartment starts with the free rent history. How to check rent-stabilized status →
Open violations
HPD and DOB inspectors have written 21 violations against this building, of which 15 remain unresolved. The most serious open grade here is immediately hazardous, with 8 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.
Building permits
| Work | Filed | Type |
|---|---|---|
| GCTHIS APPLICATION IS BEING FILED FOR GENERAL CONSTRUCTION WORK TO RENOVATE & REPA | Dec 24, 2025 | AL |
DOB job filings on this lot, past 12 months. Source: NYC DOB job filings, current through August 26, 2026.
311 housing complaints
29 complaints in the past 12 months
NYC 311 housing and building complaints logged for this address. Source: NYC 311, current through August 26, 2026.
How 159 Bay 29 Street compares in 11214
PulseCities tracks 9,499 lots in 11214, of which 95 carry an executed eviction from the marshal record, which starts in April 2024, and 560 carry a deed from the shorter ACRIS window. This building is in that second group, which is 1.0% of the ZIP. 11214 scores 20.4 out of 100 for displacement pressure, 140 of 177 scored NYC ZIP codes. The full signal breakdown for Bensonhurst →
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Questions about 159 Bay 29 Street
Who owns 159 Bay 29 Street?
The most recent deed on file for 159 Bay 29 Street names 159 Bay Realty LLC. Deeds record the party that took title, which is often a holding company rather than the operator managing the building.
Has 159 Bay 29 Street changed hands recently?
No deed for 159 Bay 29 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 159 Bay 29 Street?
Yes. One marshal-executed eviction at 159 Bay 29 Street appears in the NYC evictions dataset, the most recent on Oct 21, 2024. The dataset covers executed evictions only, so it undercounts housing court activity: cases that settle or end in a move-out never reach a marshal.
Is 159 Bay 29 Street rent stabilized?
DHCR registrations list 29 stabilized units at this building in 2019. Registration is building-level, so it does not settle whether one apartment is stabilized. The free rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal does.
What is the displacement risk around 159 Bay 29 Street?
11214 (Bensonhurst) scores 20.4 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.