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161 Sands Street

Brooklyn · Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, NY 11201

Also listed by the City as 165 Sands Street

161 Sands Street is a 120-apartment building in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, built in 1902, managed by Bethel Management INC. The City has 11 open housing-code violations on file for it, one of them immediately hazardous — about 0.09 per apartment, in a neighborhood where most buildings have none on record (HPD, as of 27 August 2026). No tenant has reviewed it here yet — everything above comes from the City's own records.

Managed by Bethel Management INC

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The City’s record below shows what inspectors found. It can’t tell anyone whether the heat actually works, how long the super takes, or whether management picks up the phone. Only someone who lived here can.

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Units
120
Year built
1902
Borough
Brooklyn

This building’s record with the City

Complaints tenants filed with 311, and repairs a City inspector has asked for. Most repairs are routine maintenance. Both describe the building rather than the people in it, and often predate the current management.

4.3/5Better than most nearbyScored from the records below against every building we cover. It is not a tenant rating — nobody who lived here said this.

Complaints are down from 2 to 0 year on year.

0tenant complaints

Filed with 311 in the past year · 2 the year before

11open repairs

Outstanding with HPD

Immediately hazardous
1
Hazardous
6
Non-hazardous
4

What the open repairs are about

  • Leaks, damp or mould5
  • Stairs, floors and ceilings3
  • Smoke and CO alarms2
  • Doors, windows and locks1

Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Aug 2026

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