161 Buffalo Ave

Heat or hot waterApt A4 complaint

Heat or hot waterApt D6 complaint

Heat or hot water complaint

Heat or hot waterApt C5 complaint

Heat or hot water complaint

2023 Jun

Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation

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2016 Mar

Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit

1993 Aug

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation

Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (H.B. Smith 28HE-S/W-7), registration current since Jun 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 May 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 2016

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

3 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 · 10 complaints, 2025–2026 · 4 in the past year

What has happened here

LeaksApt A4 class B · HPD violation

LeaksApt A4 class B · HPD violation

Leaks complaint

LeaksApt A4 complaint

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PlumbingApt 4B complaint

LeaksApt 4B class A · HPD violation

2026 Jan

LeaksApt 4B complaint

LeaksApt C5 class B · closed · HPD violation

PlumbingApt C5 class B · closed · HPD violation

LeaksApt C5 class B · closed · HPD violation

2025 Aug

PlumbingApt C5 complaint

PlumbingApt C5 class B · closed · HPD violation

PlumbingApt C5 class B · closed · HPD violation

PlumbingApt C5 complaint

PlumbingApt C5 complaint

2025 Apr

PlumbingApt 5C complaint

LeaksApt 4B class C · closed · HPD violation

LeaksApt 4B complaint

LeaksApt B4 complaint

PlumbingApt 4B complaint

2024 Jan

PlumbingApt B4 complaint

Water service lineWhole tax lot

Non-Lead (records)

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

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 3 complaints, 2025–2026 · 1 in the past year

What has happened here

MoldApt 4B complaint

PestsApt 4B class C · HPD violation

PestsApt B4 complaint

PestsApt 4B complaint

MoldApt C5 class A · closed · HPD violation

Fire and safety

5 resolved since 2025

What has happened here

2026 Sep

2017 May

Fire protection permit

Electrical

2 complaints, 2025 · 1 in the past year

What has happened here

ElectricalApt A4 complaint

2025 Jan

ElectricalApt B4 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

BasementfoundNo basement

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

70 open: 69 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (23), leaks (14), doors and windows (8), smoke or CO detectors (6); 10 immediately hazardous (class C), 1 about paperwork or notices. 25 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 811 violations on record in all, 1986–2026 — the 105 most recent are listed here

2026 Sep

Doors and windows class B

2026 Sep

LeaksApt A4 class B

LeaksApt A4 class B

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Other conditions class B

Other conditionsApt A4 class C

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class A

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class A

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class B

LeaksApt 4B class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class A

PestsApt 4B class C

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4B class B

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4B class B

Doors and windowsApt 4B class C

LeaksApt 4B class A

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class B

Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed

2025 Nov

Walls, floors and stairsApt C5 class B · closed

LeaksApt C5 class B · closed

PlumbingApt C5 class B · closed

MoldApt C5 class A · closed

LeaksApt C5 class B · closed

Other conditionsApt C5 class B · closed

Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed

PlumbingApt C5 class B · closed

PlumbingApt C5 class B · closed

Doors and windowsApt 4B class C · closed

LeaksApt 4B class C · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class C · closed

2024 Nov

Doors and windows class B · closed

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed

and 20 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

DOB violations

2 open: 1 about building conditions, 1 about filings or paperwork

2023 Jun

Low Pressure Boiler

1993 Aug

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

6 leaks, 6 plumbing, 5 doors or windows, 5 paint or plaster, 2 electrical, 2 heat or hot water, 2 pests, 1 floors or stairs, 1 mold

Paint or plaster, plumbingApt 4B

Paint or plaster, moldApt 4B

2026 Jan

Paint or plaster, leaksApt 4B

Doors or windows, electrical, paint or plasterApt A4

Heat or hot waterApt A4

Heat or hot waterApt D6

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PestsApt B4

Floors or stairs, pestsApt 4B

Paint or plasterApt C5

2025 Aug

PlumbingApt C5

Doors or windows, plumbingApt C5

Doors or windows, plumbingApt C5

Doors or windowsApt C5

Doors or windowsApt 5C

Doors or windowsApt C5

Doors or windowsApt C5

Doors or windowsApt 5C

Doors or windowsApt 5C

Heat or hot water

Plumbing permit, General construction permit

Heat or hot waterApt C5

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

8 permits since 1990

2017 May

Fire protection permit

2017 Apr

2016 Apr

General construction permit

2016 Mar

Scaffold permit

2016 Mar

Plumbing permit, Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit

and 3 more at the source

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

Everything else on record

Other conditions class B · HPD violation

Other conditionsApt A4 class C · HPD violation

Paint or plasterApt 4B complaint

Paint or plasterApt 4B complaint

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4B class B · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4B class B · HPD violation

Show 14 more

2026 Jan

Paint or plasterApt 4B complaint

2025 Nov

Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed · HPD violation

Doors or windows, paint or plasterApt A4 complaint

Floors or stairsApt 4B complaint

Other conditionsApt C5 class B · closed · HPD violation

Paint or plasterApt C5 complaint

Doors or windowsApt 5C complaint

2024 Nov

Doors or windowsApt 5C complaint