Building record from city data · BROOKLYN, NY

157 Vernon Ave

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built 1931 · 5 stories · 21 apartments · BIN 3048693 · BBL 3017560072

Worth knowing
10 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about heat or hot water and fire safety 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

ZUYDER ZEE CORP

Heat or hot water: 7 reports to the city since 2024
2024Heat or hot water · Dec 2024 · 1 report (1 complaint)Dec 10, 2024
2025Heat or hot water · Feb 2025 · 1 report (1 complaint)Feb 11, 2025
2026Heat or hot water · Mar 2026 · 2 reports (2 complaints)Mar 13, 2026Mar 26, 2026Heat or hot water · Apr 2026 · 2 reports (2 complaints)Apr 10, 2026Apr 19, 2026Heat or hot water · Sep 2026 · 1 report (1 complaint)Sep 23, 2026
Source: HPD Complaints and Problems · as of 2026-10-21

Apartments named in these records

7 of this building’s 21 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.

Water and pipes

Issues on record

Fire and safety

Issues on record

Structure and facade

Issues on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 7 complaints, 2024–2026 · 5 in the past year
Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Best 4A-35), registration current since May 2024

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 Mar 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 2000

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

4 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)

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 2 complaints, 2026

Electrical

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

General condition and all records

HPD violations

27 open: 26 about building conditions — heat or hot water (5), walls, floors and stairs (5), mold (4), fire safety (3); 10 immediately hazardous (class C), 1 about paperwork or notices. Also 2 older records from 1990 never closed. 13 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 153 violations on record in all, 1990–2026 — the 42 most recent are listed here

2026 Sep
Heat or hot water class C
2026 Sep
Heat or hot waterApt D4 class C
2026 Sep
Other conditions class A
2026 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt D2 class B
2026 Sep
LeaksApt D2 class B
2026 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt D2 class B
2026 Sep
LeaksApt D2 class B
2026 Sep
Other conditionsApt D2 class B
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2026 Jun
Fire safety class C · closed
2026 Apr
LeaksApt A3 class A
2026 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt A3 class B
2026 Apr
Other conditionsApt A3 class C
2026 Apr
Smoke or CO detectorsApt A3 class B · closed
2026 Apr
Smoke or CO detectorsApt A3 class B · closed
2026 Apr
Fire safetyApt A3 class C
2026 Apr
Smoke or CO detectorsApt A3 class B
2026 Apr
Smoke or CO detectorsApt A3 class B
2026 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt A3 class A · closed
2026 Mar
Fire safetyApt A3 class C
2026 Mar
PestsApt A3 class C
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt A3 class C
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water class C
2026 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt D2 class B
2026 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt D2 class B
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt D2 class C
2026 Mar
ElectricalApt A3 class B · closed
2026 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt A3 class A · closed
2026 Mar
ElectricalApt A3 class B · closed
2026 Mar
Smoke or CO detectorsApt A3 class B · closed
2026 Mar
Smoke or CO detectorsApt A3 class B · closed
2026 Mar
Other conditionsApt D2 class C · closed
2026 Mar
Fire safety class C
2026 Mar
Other conditions class A · closed
2025 Oct
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 Dec
MoldApt D2 class B
2024 Dec
MoldApt D2 class A · closed
2023 May
Heat or hot water class C · paperwork
2023 May
MoldApt 2B class B
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 building conditions

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

7 heat or hot water, 1 paint or plaster, 1 pests, 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 history

9 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
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

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