Building record from city data · BROOKLYN, NY

1488 Sterling Pl

Printed 2026-10-21 from blueflo.tech/b/1488-sterling-place-brooklyn, where it is kept current. These are city records, not an inspection by Blueflo. Every item shows its source and the date it was last checked. Not a warranty. May not be used for tenant screening (terms of use).

built 1922 · 4 stories · 32 apartments · BIN 3036860 · BBL 3013790027

Worth knowing
4 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about doors and windows and heat or hot water and lead-based paint and pests
Source: Housing Maintenance Code Violations · as of 2026-10-19
Worth knowing
Also on record
Clean in the records
Registered with the city

BALFOUR COURT LP

Heat or hot water: 19 reports to the city since 2024
2024Heat or hot water · Jan 2024 · 1 report (4 complaints)Jan 16, 2024Jan 18, 2024Jan 21, 2024Jan 22, 2024Heat or hot water · Aug 2024 · 1 report (2 complaints)Aug 25, 2024Aug 27, 2024Heat or hot water · Oct 2024 · 2 reports (3 complaints)Oct 15, 2024Oct 17, 2024Oct 28, 2024Heat or hot water · Nov 2024 · 3 reports (12 complaints)Nov 10, 2024Nov 11, 2024Nov 12, 2024Nov 14, 2024Nov 18, 2024Nov 22, 2024Nov 23, 2024Nov 25, 2024Nov 29, 2024Dec 2, 2024Dec 3, 2024Dec 6, 2024Heat or hot water · Dec 2024 · 1 report (2 complaints)Dec 15, 2024Dec 16, 2024
2025Heat or hot water · Jan 2025 · 3 reports (9 complaints)Jan 4, 2025Jan 6, 2025Jan 11, 2025Jan 12, 2025Jan 15, 2025Jan 25, 2025Jan 26, 2025Jan 27, 2025Jan 30, 2025Heat or hot water · Feb 2025 · 1 report (1 complaint)Feb 20, 2025Heat or hot water · Mar 2025 · 1 report (1 complaint)Mar 16, 2025Heat or hot water · Oct 2025 · 1 report (2 complaints)Oct 28, 2025Nov 1, 2025Heat or hot water · Nov 2025 · 2 reports (3 complaints)Nov 5, 2025Nov 10, 2025Nov 29, 2025Heat or hot water · Dec 2025 · 1 report (1 complaint)Dec 15, 2025
2026Heat or hot water · Feb 2026 · 2 reports (6 complaints)Feb 7, 2026Feb 8, 2026Feb 9, 2026Feb 13, 2026Feb 13, 2026 (2nd)Feb 22, 2026
Source: HPD Complaints and Problems · as of 2026-10-21

Also reported

2024 – 2026

A filled month had a report to HPD; darker means more than one, and the past year is brightest. Tap one to read it. Complaints within a week count as one report. Records list complaints filed, not conditions found.

Apartments named in these records

12 of this building’s 32 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 · 38 complaints, 2024–2026 · 12 in the past year
What has happened here
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt D1 complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt D1 complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Feb
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2026 Feb
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2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt B2 class C · HPD violation
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt B2 class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt B2 complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt D6 complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt B2 complaint
2025 Nov
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2025 Oct
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2025 Mar
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2025 Feb
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2025 Jan
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2024 Dec
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2024 Dec
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2024 Dec
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2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt D8 complaint
2024 Dec
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2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt B1 complaint
2024 Nov
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2024 Nov
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2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt B3 complaint
2024 Nov
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Heat or hot waterApt A7 complaint
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2024 Oct
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2024 Oct
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2024 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt A7 complaint
2024 Aug
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2024 Aug
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2024 Jan
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2018 Oct
Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit
1998 Apr
Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit
1993 Aug
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Weil Mclain 1388), registration current since Oct 2025

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 Apr 2026, 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

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 2018 (2 on record)

DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-19
What this counts

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

Heat and hot water complaints

14 heat or hot water complaints

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)

Water and pipes

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

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 4 complaints, 2025–2026 · 3 in the past year

Fire and safety

Issues on record, most recently 2023

Electrical

1 resolved in 2025

Structure and facade

Older records on file

Flooding

No issues on record
FEMA flood zone

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

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

6 open: 6 about building conditions — doors and windows (1), heat or hot water (1), lead-based paint (1), leaks (1); 4 immediately hazardous (class C). 25 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 160 violations on record in all, 1997–2026 — the 36 most recent are listed here

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

DOB violations

1 open: 1 about filings or paperwork

DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-19 · 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, 3 pests, 2 paint or plaster, 2 plumbing, 1 mold

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 history

12 permits since 1990

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-19 · See every permit at DOB →
What this counts

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

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

23 datasets

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