Building record from city data · BROOKLYN, NY

1647 Union St

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built 1923 · 4 stories · 27 apartments · BIN 3037535 · BBL 3013950063

Worth knowing
4 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about doors and windows and fire safety and pests and walls, floors and stairs
Source: Housing Maintenance Code Violations · as of 2026-10-19
Worth knowing
Also on record
Clean in the records
Registered with the city

RECHOVOS ESTATE LLC, RECHOVOS ESTATES LLC

Heat or hot water: 18 reports to the city since 2024
2024Heat or hot water · Apr 2024 · 1 report (3 complaints)Apr 21, 2024Apr 21, 2024 (2nd)Apr 21, 2024 (3rd)Heat or hot water · May 2024 · 3 reports (5 complaints)May 9, 2024May 17, 2024May 30, 2024May 31, 2024Jun 2, 2024Heat or hot water · Jul 2024 · 1 report (2 complaints)Jul 22, 2024Jul 22, 2024 (2nd)Heat or hot water · Oct 2024 · 1 report (2 complaints)Oct 18, 2024Oct 19, 2024Heat or hot water · Nov 2024 · 1 report (4 complaints)Nov 19, 2024Nov 21, 2024Nov 23, 2024Nov 23, 2024 (2nd)
2025Heat or hot water · Jan 2025 · 1 report (1 complaint)Jan 19, 2025Heat or hot water · Feb 2025 · 1 report (2 complaints)Feb 17, 2025Feb 23, 2025Heat or hot water · Apr 2025 · 1 report (2 complaints)Apr 14, 2025Apr 16, 2025Heat or hot water · Jun 2025 · 1 report (2 complaints)Jun 26, 2025Jun 27, 2025Heat or hot water · Nov 2025 · 1 report (3 complaints)Nov 16, 2025Nov 16, 2025 (2nd)Nov 16, 2025 (3rd)Heat or hot water · Dec 2025 · 1 report (1 complaint)Dec 17, 2025
2026Heat or hot water · Jan 2026 · 2 reports (2 complaints)Jan 5, 2026Jan 22, 2026Heat or hot water · Feb 2026 · 1 report (3 complaints)Feb 7, 2026Feb 7, 2026 (2nd)Feb 9, 2026Heat or hot water · Mar 2026 · 1 report (1 complaint)Mar 8, 2026Heat or hot water · May 2026 · 1 report (1 complaint)May 17, 2026
Source: HPD Complaints and Problems · as of 2026-10-21

Also reported

2024 – 2026

A filled month had a report to HPD; darker means more than one, and the past year is brightest. Tap one to read it. Complaints within a week count as one report. Records list complaints filed, not conditions found.

Apartments named in these records

12 of this building’s 27 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 (2023) · 21 complaints, 2024–2026 · 10 in the past year
What has happened here
2026 May
Heat or hot waterApt 4C complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 4C complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4G class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3G class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3G complaint
Show 40 more
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4B complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3G complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3G complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4B class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4B class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4B complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 4A complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 4C complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 4E complaint
2025 Jun
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 4C complaint
2025 Apr
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 3G class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Apr
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Apr
Heat or hot water class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Apr
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4C complaint
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4C complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4A complaint
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 4A complaint
2024 Nov
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Nov
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 4A complaint
2024 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3G complaint
2024 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3G complaint
2024 Jul
Heat or hot waterApt 4C complaint
2024 Jul
Heat or hot waterApt 4C complaint
2024 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 4C complaint
2024 May
Heat or hot waterApt 3G complaint
2024 May
Heat or hot waterApt 3G complaint
2024 May
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 May
Heat or hot waterApt 4C complaint
2024 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 4B complaint
2024 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 3B complaint
2024 Apr
Heat or hot water complaint
2023 Nov
BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation
2023 Nov
Heat or hot water complaint
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2019 Nov
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Federal FST-50), registration expired since Aug 2021

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 Feb 2024, 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

Heat and hot water complaints

12 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)

  • Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 3 complaints, 2024–2026 · 1 in the past year

Pests and cleanliness

1 complaint, 2024

Fire and safety

Issues on record, most recently 2024

Electrical

1 complaint, 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 2026-10-20
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

Energy

Energy

ENERGY STAR score 54 (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

10 open: 10 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (5), leaks (2), doors and windows (1), fire safety (1); 4 immediately hazardous (class C). 25 further violations from 2025–2026 were closed. 241 violations on record in all, 1999–2026 — the 78 most recent are listed here

2026 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4G class B
2026 Sep
LeaksApt 4G class B
2026 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4G class B
2026 Sep
LeaksApt 4G class B
2026 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4G class B
2026 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4G class C
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class B · closed
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class A · closed
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2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4C class B · closed
2026 May
PestsApt 4C class C · closed
2026 May
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4G class C · closed
2026 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4G class B · closed
2026 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4G class B · closed
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2026 Feb
Doors and windowsApt 3G class C · closed
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3G class C · closed
2026 Jan
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4B class B · closed
2026 Jan
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4B class B · closed
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4B class C · closed
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4B class C · closed
2025 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4A class B · closed
2025 Dec
LeaksApt 4A class B · closed
2025 Jun
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2025 Apr
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2025 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 3G class C · closed
2025 Apr
Electrical class B · closed
2025 Apr
Heat or hot water class B · closed
2025 Feb
Walls, floors and stairs class B · closed
2025 Feb
Plumbing class B · closed
2024 Jun
Fire safetyApt 3E class C
2019 Apr
PestsApt 2E class C
2019 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2E class A
2019 Apr
Doors and windowsApt 2E class C
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

6 open: 2 about building conditions, 4 about filings or paperwork

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

22 heat or hot water, 4 paint or plaster, 3 plumbing, 2 floors or stairs, 1 electrical, 1 leaks, 1 mold

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

2 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
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.