Building health · BROOKLYN, NY

1600 55 St

built 1926 · 4 stories · 28 apartments
Also known as 5501 16 Ave, 5505 16 Ave, 5507 16 Ave, 5511 16 Ave — one building, several doors.
Registered with the city: 1600 55TH ST LLC; 1600 55TH ST, LLC

Apartments named in these records

6 of this building’s 28 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.

Fire and safety

Issues on record

Structure and facade

Issues on record
What has happened here
2026 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4G class B · closed · HPD violation
2026 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4G class B · closed · HPD violation
2026 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4G class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairs class B · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4F class A · closed · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Doors and windows class C · closed · HPD violation
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2025 Nov
Doors and windowsApt 4F class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Doors and windowsApt 4F class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4F class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4F class A · closed · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4F class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Doors and windowsApt 4F class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4F class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Structure and facade class I · closed · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Structure and facade class I · closed · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2C class A · closed · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 2C class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Sep
Walls, floors and stairs class A · HPD violation
2025 Jun
Walls, floors and stairs class A · HPD violation
2025 Apr
Walls, floors and stairs class A · HPD violation
2025 Apr
Walls, floors and stairs class A · HPD violation
2020 Oct
Construction class - 1 · DOB violation
2020 May
Construction class - 1 · DOB violation
2015 Aug
General construction permit
2011 Apr
General construction permit
2010 May
General construction permit
2007 Jul
General construction permit
2003 Sep
General construction permit
2002 Oct
General construction permit
1995 Dec
Construction non-hazardous · never closed · DOB violation
Sidewalk shed and scaffolding

Shed permit active now

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-20 · See the shed permits at DOB →
What this counts

Sidewalk shed permits (DOB NOW and BIS). Permitted since a date means permitted, not necessarily up continuously

  • Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
  • Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record (2023) · 1 complaint, 2025
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Federal FST-60), registration current since Feb 2025

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 Dec 2025, 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 2022

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

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)

Water and pipes

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

Pests and cleanliness

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

Electrical

4 complaints, 2025–2026

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

General condition and all records

HPD violations

62 open: 58 about building conditions — leaks (22), walls, floors and stairs (14), fire safety (10), doors and windows (4); 4 immediately hazardous (class C), 4 about paperwork or notices. Also 2 older records from 1990 never closed. 25 further violations from 2025–2026 were closed. 364 violations on record in all, 1990–2026 — the 137 most recent are listed here

2026 Jan
LeaksApt 4G class B
2026 Jan
LeaksApt 4G class B
2026 Jan
Fire safetyApt 4G class C · closed
2026 Jan
PestsApt 4G class C · closed
2026 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4G class B · closed
2026 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4G class B · closed
2026 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4G class B · closed
2025 Nov
Leaks class C
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2025 Nov
Fire safety class C
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairs class B
2025 Nov
LeaksApt 4F class B
2025 Nov
LeaksApt 4F class B
2025 Nov
LeaksApt 4F class B
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4F class A · closed
2025 Nov
Doors and windows class C · closed
2025 Nov
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Nov
Fire safety class B · closed
2025 Nov
Leaks class C · closed
2025 Nov
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Nov
Doors and windowsApt 4F class B · closed
2025 Nov
PlumbingApt 4F class B · closed
2025 Nov
Doors and windowsApt 4F class C · closed
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4F class B · closed
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4F class A · closed
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4F class B · closed
2025 Nov
Doors and windowsApt 4F class B · closed
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4F class B · closed
2025 Nov
Fire safetyApt 4F class C · closed
2025 Oct
Structure and facade class I · closed
2025 Oct
Structure and facade class I · closed
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2C class A · closed
2025 Oct
Fire safety class B · closed
2025 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 2C class C · closed
2025 Oct
Fire safety class B
2025 Sep
Other conditions class B
2025 Sep
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2025 Sep
Fire safety class B
2025 Sep
Leaks class B
2025 Aug
PestsApt 3I class C
2025 Aug
PestsApt 3I class C
2025 Jun
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2025 Apr
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2025 Apr
Fire safety class B
2025 Apr
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2025 Apr
Fire safety class B
2025 Feb
Mold class B
2025 Feb
Leaks class B
2025 Feb
Fire safety class B
2025 Feb
Leaks class B
2025 Feb
Fire safety class B
and 14 more at the source
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

Permit history

13 permits since 1990

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-20 · 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
  • Energyno recordNo energy score on record
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.

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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