Building health · BROOKLYN, NY

1640 Sterling Pl

built 1925 · 4 stories · 20 apartments
Registered with the city: FAIRSTEAD MANAGEMENT · 102 other buildings here list it; NYC PACT PRESERVATION PARTNERS LLC · 113 other buildings here list it

Apartments named in these records

7 of this building’s 20 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.

Structure and facade

Issues on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 35 complaints, 2024–2026 · 20 in the past year
What has happened here
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2D complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3E complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1B class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 4A complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1C complaint
Show 42 more
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1D class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water class C · paperwork · closed · HPD violation
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1C class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1B complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1B complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1C complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1C complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1C complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1B complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1C complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 4A complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 1C complaint
2025 Nov
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2025 Nov
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2025 Nov
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2025 Nov
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 1C complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 1C complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 1D complaint
2025 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 1C complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4A complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 4A complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3D complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3D complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1B complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3D complaint
2024 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3D complaint
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4A complaint
2024 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2023 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
1993 Aug
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Weil Mclain BG 588), registration current since Oct 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 Sep 2025, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-21 · See the boiler filings at DOB →
What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 2015 (3 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

20 heat or hot water complaints

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-21 · See the complaints at HPD Online →
What this counts

HPD complaints, heat season 2025–26 (Oct 1–May 31)

Water and pipes

10 complaints, 2024–2026 · 3 in the past year

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record (2024) · 2 complaints, 2024

Fire and safety

4 resolved since 2025

Electrical

5 complaints, 2024–2025 · 1 in the past year

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

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

2 open: 2 about building conditions — doors and windows (1), mold (1); 1 immediately hazardous (class C). 25 further violations from 2025 were closed. 108 violations on record in all, 1983–2026 — the 97 most recent are listed here

Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-21 · 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

4 open: 3 about building conditions, 1 about filings or paperwork

DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-21 · 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

35 heat or hot water, 7 leaks, 6 electrical, 4 doors or windows, 3 paint or plaster, 3 plumbing, 2 safety, 1 appliances, 1 floors or stairs, 1 general repairs, 1 pests, 1 unsanitary conditions

2026 May
PlumbingApt 1B
2026 May
PlumbingApt 1B
2026 Jan
Doors or windowsApt 1C
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2D
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3E
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 4A
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1C
2025 Dec
Electrical, heat or hot water, leaksApt 1B
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2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1B
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1C
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1C
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1C
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1B
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1C
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 4A
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 1C
2025 Nov
Heat or hot water
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 1C
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 1C
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 1D
2025 May
LeaksApt 1C
2025 May
SafetyApt 1C
2025 May
ElectricalApt 1C
2025 May
LeaksApt 1C
2025 May
LeaksApt 4A
2025 Feb
Heat or hot water
2025 Feb
Heat or hot water
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 1C
2025 Jan
Doors or windowsApt 1C
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water, leaksApt 4A
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water
2024 Dec
Electrical, heat or hot water, paint or plaster, leaksApt 4A
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3D
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3D
2024 Dec
Electrical, paint or plasterApt 1C
2024 Dec
Doors or windows, safety, unsanitary conditionsApt 3D
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1B
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water
2024 Dec
Paint or plaster, plumbingApt 3D
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3D
2024 Oct
Appliances, doors or windows, electrical, floors or stairs, general repairs, heat or hot water, pests, leaksApt 3D
2024 Jun
Floors or stairs, paint or plaster, mold, leaksApt 4A
2024 Mar
Doors or windowsApt 4A
2024 Mar
AppliancesApt 4A
2024 Mar
MoldApt 4A
2024 Mar
LeaksApt 4A
2024 Mar
Floors or stairsApt 4A
2024 Jan
Appliances, floors or stairs, heat or hot water, paint or plaster, leaksApt 4A
2024 Jan
Heat or hot water
2023 Dec
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-21 · 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

  • Salesno recordNo recorded sale since 2016

Nothing on record

Rent and tenancyNot on the state list
  • Rent stabilizationno recordNot on the state's 2024 list. Owners who register late or not at all are missing, so ask HCR about a specific apartment
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

24 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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