Building health · BROOKLYN, NY

1470 Sterling Pl

built 1924 · 4 stories · 35 apartments
Registered with the city: BALFOUR COURT LP · 2 other buildings here list it

Apartments named in these records

13 of this building’s 35 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.

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 37 complaints, 2024–2026 · 18 in the past year
What has happened here
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 4A complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4A complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4A class C · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt F4 class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt F4 class C · closed · HPD violation
Show 41 more
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4A class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt J3 complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt B4 complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt D complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4A complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt B4 class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4A complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt B4 complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4A complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt J3 complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4A complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt D1 complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt J3 complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt D2 complaint
2025 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt J3 complaint
2025 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt J3 complaint
2025 Mar
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt J1 class C · HPD violation
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt J3 complaint
2025 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4A class C · HPD violation
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4A complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt B4 complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt D1 complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt D1 complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt D1 complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt D1 complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 4A complaint
2024 Nov
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt C3 complaint
2024 Nov
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Nov
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt D1 complaint
1996 May
Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit
1993 Aug
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Best 5A-50), registration expired since Feb 2023

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-21 · See this building's boiler registrations on NYC Open Data →
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Apr 2026, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-21 · See the boiler filings at DOB →
What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 1996

DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-20
What this counts

DOB boiler permits (BIS and DOB NOW); a permit dates work, not the boiler's age

Heat and hot water complaints

19 heat or hot water complaints

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-21 · See the complaints at HPD Online →
What this counts

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

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 3 complaints, 2026

Pests and cleanliness

2 complaints, 2026

Fire and safety

Issues on record, most recently 2024

Structure and facade

8 resolved since 2026

Flooding

No issues on record
FEMA flood zone

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

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-21
What this counts

Effective FIRM zones touching the building footprint

Stormwater flooding

Extreme storm, 2080 sea levels: Not in mapped flooding; 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

BasementWhole tax lot

Below grade

PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24

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

Energy

Energy

ENERGY STAR score 100 (2024 report)

Energy and Water Data Disclosure (Local Law 84), as of 2025-11-25
What this counts

Letter grades are issued by the city under Local Law 33 and posted near the building entrance; Blueflo shows the reported score only

General condition and all records

HPD violations

7 open: 7 about building conditions — heat or hot water (3), pests (2), fire safety (1), other conditions (1); 6 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 1 older record from 2016 never closed. 25 further violations from 2026 were closed. 294 violations on record in all, 1997–2026 — the 77 most recent are listed here

Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-21 · 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

DOB violations

2 open: 2 about filings or paperwork

DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-21 · Read these violations in full at DOB →
What this counts

Open DOB, ECB and DOB NOW Safety violations, any date, one per violation. ECB class 1 = hazardous, class 2 = major

Resident complaints to the city

38 heat or hot water, 5 general repairs, 3 doors or windows, 3 leaks, 3 paint or plaster, 2 appliances, 2 pests, 1 mold, 1 plumbing, 1 safety

2026 Aug
Paint or plaster, pests
2026 Jul
Doors or windows
2026 Jul
Doors or windows
2026 Jul
General repairsApt J3
2026 Jul
General repairsApt J3
2026 Jul
General repairsApt J3
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water, leaksApt 4A
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4A
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2026 Feb
Plumbing, safetyApt F4
2026 Feb
Appliances, general repairs, paint or plaster, mold, pestsApt F4
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt J3
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt B4
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt D
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4A
2026 Jan
LeaksApt 4A
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4A
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt B4
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4A
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt J3
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4A
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt D1
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt J3
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt D2
2025 Jul
Doors or windows, general repairsApt C2
2025 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt J3
2025 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt J3
2025 Mar
Heat or hot water
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt J3
2025 Feb
Heat or hot water
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4A
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt B4
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt D1
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt D1
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt D1
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt D1
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 4A
2024 Nov
Heat or hot water
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt C3
2024 Nov
Heat or hot water
2024 Nov
Heat or hot water
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt D1
2024 Oct
MoldApt J3
2024 Jul
Plumbing
2024 Apr
Plumbing, unsanitary conditionsApt F2
2023 Dec
PestsApt B2
2023 Dec
Paint or plaster, leaksApt C2
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-21 · 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 history

7 permits since 1990

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-21 · See every permit at DOB →
What this counts

DOB permits issued (DOB NOW and legacy BIS), one per job and work type; excludes sheds

  • Salesno recordNo recorded sale since 2016

Nothing on record

Gasno record
  • Gas pipingno recordNo open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published
ElevatorsNot applicable
  • Elevatorsnot requiredNo elevators registered to this building

Sources

24 datasets

Each date is when we last checked that dataset, not when the record itself was created.

Every row shows the record it came from and the date it was last checked.
These are city records, not an inspection by Blueflo. Every item shows its source and the date it was last checked.
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