Been testing a tool I built that pulls live HPD and DOB data. Ran it on a few Crown Heights brownstones actively on the market. A few things stood out:
1002 Sterling Place — listed at $2.65M
10 open HPD violations including 5 Class C (immediately hazardous). Score: 45/100. None of this is in the listing.
104 Brooklyn Avenue — listed ~$2.15M
Zero violations, current registration. Score 75/100. One of the cleaner profiles I've seen at this price point.
1534 Union Street — recently sold at $1.22M
Zero violations, but registration was lapsed at time of sale. That means the owner was legally barred from recovering rent for nonpayment. Clean violation history, but a real issue if you're buying as a rental.
The registration lapse thing catches a lot of buyers off guard — it's in the public HPD record but doesn't show up in any listing. Happy to run a quick check on any address you're evaluating.
This is super interesting! Would love to see a breakdown of the other features of the homes, such as square footage, or is that taken into account with the score?