1539 Sterling Pl

Fire safety class B · HPD violation

Fire safety class B · HPD violation

Fire safetyApt 4G class C · closed · HPD violation

Fire safety class B · closed · HPD violation

Fire safety class B · closed · HPD violation

Structure and facade

Issues on record

What has happened here

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class C · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt 4C class A · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt 4C class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2D class A · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2D class A · HPD violation

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Walls, floors and stairsApt 2D class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2D class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2D class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2D class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairs class A · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt 4B class A · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt 4B class A · HPD violation

Doors and windows class C · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class B · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class B · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class B · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class B · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class B · closed · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt 4G class B · closed · HPD violation

Construction class - 2 · DOB violation

Doors and windows class B · closed · HPD violation

Doors and windows class C · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed · HPD violation

2026 Jan

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4G class A · closed · HPD violation

2025 Apr

Construction class - 1 · DOB violation

Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingno recordNo sidewalk shed permits on record
Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 12 complaints, 2024–2026 · 9 in the past year

What has happened here

Heat or hot waterApt 2G complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 4G class C · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 3B complaint

Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 4G class C · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 4G class C · closed · HPD violation

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Heat or hot waterApt 1E complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 1G complaint

2025 Oct

Heat or hot water complaint

2025 Mar

2024 Nov

Heat or hot waterApt 2G complaint

2024 Nov

2023 Nov

Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit

2017 Nov

2015 May

Boiler permit

Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Federal FST-50), registration current since Aug 2026

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 Mar 2026, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-20 · See the boiler filings at DOB →

What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 2017 (2 on record)

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

8 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

Issues on record · 36 complaints, 2024–2026 · 20 in the past year

What has happened here

PlumbingApt 4B class B · HPD violation

LeaksApt 4B class B · HPD violation

PlumbingApt 4B complaint

PlumbingApt 4B class B · HPD violation

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LeaksApt 4B class B · HPD violation

Plumbing, leaksApt 4B complaint

LeaksApt 2D class B · HPD violation

Leaks class B · HPD violation

PlumbingApt 4B class B · HPD violation

LeaksApt 2D complaint

PlumbingApt 4C complaint

2026 Jul

LeaksApt 4B class B · closed · HPD violation

LeaksApt 4B class B · closed · HPD violation

PlumbingApt 4B complaint

Plumbing, leaksApt 4B complaint

Plumbing, leaksApt 4B complaint

PlumbingApt 4C complaint

Leaks class C · closed · HPD violation

Leaks class C · closed · HPD violation

PlumbingApt 4C complaint

PlumbingApt 4G complaint

PlumbingApt 4G complaint

2025 Oct

PlumbingApt 4G complaint

LeaksApt 4G complaint

LeaksApt 4G complaint

Plumbing, leaksApt 4C complaint

PlumbingApt 3D complaint

2025 Aug

2025 Aug

2025 Aug

LeaksApt 4G complaint

2025 May

PlumbingApt 4F complaint

2025 Feb

2024 Nov

PlumbingApt 4B complaint

LeaksApt 2D complaint

LeaksApt 3A complaint

2024 Apr

2023 Nov

Water service lineWhole tax lot

Non-Lead (records)

Lead Service Line Location Coordinates, as of 2026-01-30

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 10 complaints, 2025–2026 · 5 in the past year

What has happened here

PestsApt 2D class C · HPD violation

PestsApt 2D class C · HPD violation

PestsApt 2D complaint

Unsanitary conditionsApt 4G complaint

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2024 Aug

PestsApt 4G complaint

2024 Aug

PestsApt 2D complaint

PestsApt 2D complaint

PestsApt 3A complaint

2023 Nov

MoldApt 4G complaint

Electrical

3 complaints, 2025–2026

What has happened here

ElectricalApt 2D complaint

ElectricalApt 2G complaint

ElectricalApt 3A complaint

2024 Apr

ElectricalApt 4C complaint

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

General condition and all records

HPD violations

39 open: 39 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (13), pests (7), leaks (5), doors and windows (4); 11 immediately hazardous (class C). 25 further violations from 2026 were closed. 370 violations on record in all, 1986–2026 — the 134 most recent are listed here

PlumbingApt 4B class B

LeaksApt 4B class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class B

PlumbingApt 4B class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class C

Doors and windowsApt 4C class A

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Doors and windowsApt 4C class B

Other conditionsApt 4C class B

LeaksApt 2D class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2D class A

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2D class A

Walls, floors and stairs class A

Doors and windowsApt 4B class A

Doors and windowsApt 4B class A

PlumbingApt 4B class B

LeaksApt 4B class B · closed

Doors and windows class C · closed

Other conditionsApt 4B class B · closed

LeaksApt 4B class B · closed

Other conditionsApt 4G class B · closed

Doors and windowsApt 4G class B · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 4G class C · closed

Fire safetyApt 4G class C · closed

Doors and windows class B · closed

Doors and windows class C · closed

Heat or hot water class C · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 4G class C · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 4G class C · closed

Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed

Leaks class C · closed

Fire safety class B · closed

Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed

Fire safety class B · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4G class A · closed

Leaks class C · closed

2026 Jan

Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-20 · 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 building conditions

Construction class - 2

2025 Apr

Construction class - 1

DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-20 · 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

27 leaks, 19 plumbing, 12 doors or windows, 12 general repairs, 12 heat or hot water, 9 paint or plaster, 6 mold, 3 appliances, 3 electrical, 3 floors or stairs, 3 unsanitary conditions, 1 outside the building, 1 pests

Heat or hot waterApt 2G

Paint or plaster, leaksApt 4B

PlumbingApt 4B

Paint or plaster, leaksApt 4B

Plumbing, leaksApt 4B