# 543 78th Street, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, NY 11209 BBL 3059620069 · Block 5962 · Lot 69 · BIN 3149935 Canonical page: https://nycpropertyfacts.com/ny/brooklyn/543-78th-street-3059620069 Last updated: 2026-11-06 · Open-item counts as of 2026-11-09 ## Summary 543 78th Street (Brooklyn, NY 11209; tax lot BBL 3059620069) is a one-family home (building class A5: one-family home, attached or semi-detached), built around 1920, on a 2,000 sq ft lot zoned R4-1. City tax records list the owner as KIERNAN, BIRGIT; per ACRIS, a deed to this owner dated April 6, 2021 lists a price of $10. The Department of Finance's final market value for tax year 2027 is $1,344,000. As of November 9, 2026, NYC Open Data shows no open DOB jobs, active DOB or DOB NOW safety violations, active ECB violations, open HPD violations or unpaid OATH tickets for this lot. There were four 311 requests in the past 12 months and no HPD complaints since 2019. (Source: NYC Open Data — DOB, HPD, OATH, DOF, DCP and ACRIS datasets — compiled by NYC Property Facts.) How to cite: NYC Property Facts, “543 78th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11209 (BBL 3059620069)”, data as of 2026-11-09, https://nycpropertyfacts.com/ny/brooklyn/543-78th-street-3059620069. Source: NYC Open Data. ## Neighborhood Bay Ridge: https://nycpropertyfacts.com/ny/brooklyn/11209 - Open HPD violations: https://nycpropertyfacts.com/ny/brooklyn/11209/open-hpd-violations - Active DOB violations: https://nycpropertyfacts.com/ny/brooklyn/11209/active-dob-violations - Active ECB violations: https://nycpropertyfacts.com/ny/brooklyn/11209/active-ecb-violations - Open DOB jobs: https://nycpropertyfacts.com/ny/brooklyn/11209/open-dob-jobs - Unpaid OATH tickets: https://nycpropertyfacts.com/ny/brooklyn/11209/unpaid-oath-tickets ## ZIP Brooklyn 11209: https://nycpropertyfacts.com/ny/brooklyn/11209 ## Nearby properties Ordered by map distance among lots on this street within 40 house numbers and on this tax block within 15 lot numbers. - 545 78th Street (21 ft): https://nycpropertyfacts.com/ny/brooklyn/545-78th-street-3059620068 - 539 78th Street (26 ft): https://nycpropertyfacts.com/ny/brooklyn/539-78th-street-3059620070 - 547 78th Street (41 ft): https://nycpropertyfacts.com/ny/brooklyn/547-78th-street-3059620067 - 535 78th Street (56 ft): https://nycpropertyfacts.com/ny/brooklyn/535-78th-street-3059620072 - 549 78th Street (60 ft): https://nycpropertyfacts.com/ny/brooklyn/549-78th-street-3059620066 - 551 78th Street (80 ft): https://nycpropertyfacts.com/ny/brooklyn/551-78th-street-3059620065 ## Open items | Item | Count | |---|---| | Open DOB jobs (permit issued, not signed off) | 0 | | Active DOB violations (BIS) | 0 | | Active DOB safety violations (DOB NOW) | 0 | | Active ECB violations | 0 | | Open HPD violations | 0 | | OATH tickets with unpaid balance | 0 | ## Lot & building - Owner of record: KIERNAN, BIRGIT - Building class: A5 – One-family home, attached or semi-detached - Year built: 1920 - Floors: 2 - Units: 1 residential / 1 total - Lot area: 2,000 sq ft · Building area: 1,600 sq ft - Zoning: R4-1, BR - Source: PLUTO (Dept. of City Planning) (https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/64uk-42ks), city dataset updated 2026-08-24; last loaded 2026-11-09 ## Tax assessment - Tax year 2027 (final roll): market value $1,344,000, assessed value $80,640, tax class 1 - Source: DOF Property Valuation and Assessment Data (https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/8y4t-faws) ## Sales & deeds (ACRIS) Deeds recorded with the City Register. amount 0 usually means a non-market transfer. lots_in_deed > 1 means the price covers several lots. | Date | Status | Description | Source | |---|---|---|---| | 2021-04-06 | recorded (DEED) | DEED dated 2021-04-06 from KIERNAN, BIRGIT; KIERNAN, ROBERT T JR to KIERNAN, BIRGIT, stated price $10. | bnx9-e6tj | | 1997-07-16 | recorded (DEED) | DEED dated 1997-07-16 from GARRITY, JUDITH A; VON DOLLEN, ELEANOR; GARRITY, THOMAS J to KIERNAN, BIRGIT; KIERNAN, ROBERT T JR, no price stated ($0). | bnx9-e6tj | | 1992-01-03 | recorded (DEED) | DEED dated 1992-01-03 from VON DOLLEN, ELEANOR to GARRITY, JUDITH A; GARRITY, THOMAS J; VON DOLLEN, ELEANOR, no price stated ($0). | bnx9-e6tj | | 1988-06-22 | recorded (DEED) | DEED dated 1988-06-22 from VON DOLLEN, JAMES; VON DOLLEN, ELEANOR to VON DOLLEN, ELEANOR, no price stated ($0). | bnx9-e6tj | | 1974-04-10 | recorded (DEED) | DEED dated 1974-04-10 from WALDE RUTH V DECD; HAFNER ELMER JR EXECUTOR OF to VONDOLLEN ELEANOR; VONDOLLEN JAMES, no price stated ($0). | bnx9-e6tj | | 1971-10-26 | recorded (DEED) | DEED dated 1971-10-26 from FISHER LUCY M to FISHER LUCY M; WALDE RUTH V, no price stated ($0). | bnx9-e6tj | ## Open DOB jobs and recent work permits A DOB "job" is an application to do construction work. status "open" = a permit was issued but DOB has no record of final sign-off. Work permits are listed with type "work_permit" and their DOB permit status (they are not counted as open items). | Date | Status | Description | Source | |---|---|---|---| | 1999-08-06 | n/a (ISSUED (initial)) | BIS work permit for job 300647977: Alteration / Other / general construction. Issued 1999-08-06, expires 2000-08-05. | ipu4-2q9a | ## Open violations (DOB, DOB NOW safety, ECB, HPD) status "open" = DOB violation category is ACTIVE, DOB NOW safety violation status is Active, ECB violation status is ACTIVE, or HPD violation status is Open. Dismissed, cured, waived and disputed-successfully safety violations are not open. No records found. ## DOB safety violations (DOB NOW) Active means the published violation status is Active. Dismissed, cured, waived, disputed successfully and pending dismissal are not open items. No records found. Source: DOB Safety Violations (DOB NOW) (https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Building/DOB-Safety-Violations/855j-jady), city dataset updated 2026-11-09; last loaded 2026-11-09 ## OATH tickets with unpaid balance or pending status "open" = balance due > $0 after a decision (cases awaiting a hearing are "pending"). default=true means the respondent did not appear. No records found. ## Complaints (HPD since 2019, 311 last 12 months) Complaints are reports, not violations. status mirrors the published complaint / request status. | Date | Status | Description | Source | |---|---|---|---| | 2026-04-18 | closed (Closed) | 311 request to NYPD: Illegal Parking – Blocked Hydrant. | erm2-nwe9 | | 2026-04-12 | closed (Closed) | 311 request to NYPD: Illegal Parking – Blocked Hydrant. | erm2-nwe9 | | 2026-03-27 | closed (Closed) | 311 request to NYPD: Illegal Parking – Blocked Hydrant. | erm2-nwe9 | | 2026-03-15 | closed (Closed) | 311 request to NYPD: Noise - Residential – Banging/Pounding. | erm2-nwe9 | ## Owners & contacts Owner of record comes from city tax records (PLUTO) and can lag behind recent sales. | Date | Status | Description | Source | |---|---|---|---| | 2026-08-24 | current | City tax records (PLUTO) list the owner as KIERNAN, BIRGIT. | 64uk-42ks | | 2021-04-06 | recorded | Grantee (buyer) on the most recent deed (DEED, 2021-04-06). | 636b-3b5g | --- Independent site. 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