Building health · BROOKLYN, NY

137 Sterling St

built 1916 · 4 stories · 16 apartments
Registered with the city: SHINDA MANAGEMENT CORPORATION · 87 other buildings here list it; ST MARKS AFFORDABLE HDFC · 6 other buildings here list it; ST. MARK AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORP. · 3 other buildings here list it

Apartments named in these records

9 of this building’s 16 apartments are named in a city record. The rest have no record naming them, which is the usual case.

These are city records about an apartment, not about anyone who lives or lived there. They may not be used to screen a tenant.

Structure and facade

Issues on record
  • Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingfoundNo active shed permit
  • Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Flooding

Issues on record
FEMA flood zone

Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-20
What this counts

Effective FIRM zones touching the building footprint

Stormwater flooding

Extreme storm, 2080 sea levels: Deep and contiguous flooding (1 ft+); Moderate storm, 2050 sea levels: Not in mapped flooding; Moderate storm, today's sea levels: Not in mapped flooding; Limited storm, today's sea levels: Not loaded (file format unreadable)

NYC Stormwater Flood Maps, as of 2024-07-03
What this counts

Mapped ponding touching the building footprint

  • BasementfoundNo basement

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 2 complaints, 2025–2026 · 1 in the past year
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Raypak H-1223 RAYPAK H-1223), registration expired since May 1991

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-20 · See this building's boiler registrations on NYC Open Data →
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Feb 2023, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-19 · See the boiler filings at DOB →
What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Heat and hot water complaints

1 heat or hot water complaint

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20 · See the complaints at HPD Online →
What this counts

HPD complaints, heat season 2025–26 (Oct 1–May 31)

  • Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Water and pipes

Issues on record (2025) · 7 complaints, 2025–2026 · 3 in the past year

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record (2021) · 2 complaints, 2025–2026 · 1 in the past year

Fire and safety

Older records on file

Electrical

2 complaints, 2025–2026 · 1 in the past year

Rent and tenancy

On the state list
Rent stabilization

On the state's list of buildings with at least one rent-stabilized apartment (2024 registrations)

Rent Stabilized Building Lists (2024 HCR registrations), as of 2025-11-30
What this counts

The list doesn't say which apartments are stabilized, and being listed isn't proof of current status. For a specific apartment, request its rent history from HCR

Gas

  • Gas pipingno recordNo open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published

General condition and all records

HPD violations

23 open: 23 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (10), leaks (4), other conditions (3), gas (2); 2 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 13 older records from 1981–2016 never closed. 21 further violations from 2023–2026 were closed. 206 violations on record in all, 1981–2026 — the 57 most recent are listed here

2026 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3B class A
2026 May
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2025 Aug
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Aug
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4C class B · closed
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4C class A · closed
2025 Aug
LeaksApt 4C class A · closed
2025 Aug
Other conditionsApt 4C class B · closed
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2025 Aug
Other conditionsApt 4C class B · closed
2025 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4A class B
2025 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4A class B · closed
2025 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4A class B · closed
2025 Apr
LeaksApt 4A class B · closed
2025 Apr
GasApt 4A class B · closed
2025 Apr
GasApt 4A class B · closed
2025 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4D class B
2025 Mar
LeaksApt 4D class B
2025 Mar
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4D class B · closed
2025 Mar
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4D class B · closed
2025 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4A class B
2025 Feb
GasApt 4A class C
2025 Feb
ElectricalApt 4A class A · closed
2025 Feb
ElectricalApt 4A class A · closed
2025 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4A class A · closed
2025 Feb
LeaksApt 4A class A · closed
2023 Oct
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
2023 Oct
Leaks class B · closed
2022 Jul
GasApt 1A class C
2022 Feb
Other conditionsApt 1D class B
2021 Oct
MoldApt 1A class B
2021 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4D class B
2021 Sep
MoldApt 3B class B
2020 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2D class B
2020 Oct
Other conditionsApt 2D class B
2020 Oct
Other conditionsApt 2D class B
2019 Oct
Fire safetyApt 4D class B
2019 Sep
LeaksApt 3B class B
2019 Mar
LeaksApt 4D class B
2018 Dec
LeaksApt 3A class B
2018 Dec
PlumbingApt 3A class B
2017 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4A class B
2017 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4A class B
2017 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4A class A
2017 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4A class A
2016 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3B class A · never closed
2016 Sep
Doors and windowsApt 3B class C · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19 · Read these violations in full at HPD Online →
What this counts

Open HPD violations inspected in the last 10 years; class C = immediately hazardous. Paperwork = failure to file, notify or certify

Resident complaints to the city

7 appliances, 4 leaks, 3 doors or windows, 3 electrical, 3 paint or plaster, 3 plumbing, 2 heat or hot water, 1 floors or stairs, 1 general repairs, 1 mold, 1 unsanitary conditions

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20 · See the complaints at HPD Online →
What this counts

HPD complaints received in the last 2 years; the list below is every complaint on record for the last three years

  • Permit historyno record0 permits since 1990

Nothing on record

Energyno record
  • Energynot requiredNot required: energy reporting applies to buildings over 25,000 sq ft
ElevatorsNot applicable
  • Elevatorsnot requiredNo elevators registered to this building

Sources

23 datasets

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Every row shows the record it came from and the date it was last checked.
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