165 Howard Ave

Fire safety class C · HPD violation

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Fire safety class A · closed · HPD violation

Fire safety class B · closed · HPD violation

Fire safety class B · closed · HPD violation

2021 Apr

Flooding

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: Deep and contiguous flooding (1 ft+); Moderate storm, 2050 sea levels: Deep and contiguous flooding (1 ft+); Moderate storm, today's sea levels: Deep and contiguous flooding (1 ft+); 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

Heat and hot water

Issues on record (2023) · 43 complaints, 2024–2026 · 30 in the past year

What has happened here

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Heat or hot waterApt 1A complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 4B complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 4L class C · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 22 complaint

2026 Jan

Heat or hot waterApt 3L complaint

2025 Oct

2025 May

2025 Apr

Heat or hot waterApt 3B class C · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 4L class C · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 3R complaint

2024 Feb

Heat or hot waterApt 1A complaint

2024 Jan

Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 11 complaint

2023 Jun

Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation

2006 Apr

Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit

1993 Aug

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

Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Weil Mclain 580), registration expired since Aug 2021

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 Mar 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 2006

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

8 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

Issues on record · 25 complaints, 2025–2026 · 22 in the past year

What has happened here

Leaks complaint

LeaksApt 3A complaint

PlumbingApt 3A complaint

PlumbingApt 1B complaint

PlumbingApt 3B complaint

Plumbing complaint

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LeaksApt 3B complaint

LeaksApt 1A complaint

PlumbingApt 4B complaint

LeaksApt 3B complaint

PlumbingApt 2A complaint

PlumbingApt 3B complaint

PlumbingApt 4B complaint

PlumbingApt 2A complaint

PlumbingApt 2A complaint

PlumbingApt 1A complaint

PlumbingApt 4B complaint

PlumbingApt 1A complaint

PlumbingApt 1A complaint

Leaks complaint

PlumbingApt 1B complaint

LeaksApt 1A complaint

PlumbingApt 1R class B · closed · HPD violation

PlumbingApt 1R class B · closed · HPD violation

2025 Jul

LeaksApt 4B complaint

2025 Apr

PlumbingApt 1L complaint

Plumbing complaint

LeaksApt 4L class B · closed · HPD violation

PlumbingApt 1R complaint

PlumbingApt 1R complaint

PlumbingApt 1R complaint

Water service line

Unknown - Lead Status Unknown (records)

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

Pests and cleanliness

10 complaints, 2025–2026 · 8 in the past year

What has happened here

Unsanitary conditions complaint

Mold, pestsApt 1A complaint

Unsanitary conditions complaint

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Mold, pestsApt 1B complaint

Mold, pestsApt 1A complaint

MoldApt 1R class A · closed · HPD violation

Unsanitary conditionsApt 1F complaint

MoldApt 1R complaint

2025 Mar

MoldApt 4L class B · closed · HPD violation

MoldApt 4L class A · closed · HPD violation

MoldApt 1R complaint

Mold, pestsApt 4A complaint

MoldApt 4A complaint

Electrical

Issues on record · 3 complaints, 2026

What has happened here

Electrical class B · HPD violation

ElectricalApt 2A complaint

ElectricalApt 3R complaint

ElectricalApt 3R complaint

Structure and facade

Issues on record, most recently 2023

What has happened here

Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4L class B · closed · HPD violation

Doors and windows class B · closed · HPD violation

Structure and facade class B · HPD violation

2020 Jun

2019 Nov

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2014 Nov

2013 Mar

PL-PER Gas Piping - LL152 DOB violation

Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingfoundNo active shed permit; permits since Dec 2016, last expired Dec 2017
Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Rent and tenancy

On the state list

Rent stabilizationWhole tax lot

On the state's list of buildings with at least one rent-stabilized apartment (2024 registrations); listed for this tax lot (1 addresses), not under this building's address

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

Gas

What has happened here

2026 Jan

Gas piping

Open violation for not filing the periodic gas piping inspection (2026)

DOB Safety Violations, as of 2026-10-21

What this counts

Paperwork violation: the filing is missing, which is not a finding about the pipes

General condition and all records

HPD violations

19 open: 19 about building conditions — fire safety (6), other conditions (6), lead-based paint (4), electrical (1); 6 immediately hazardous (class C). 25 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 304 violations on record in all, 1990–2026 — the 96 most recent are listed here

Fire safety class C

Electrical class B

Fire safety class B

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Other conditions class B · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 4L class C · closed

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4L class B · closed

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4L class B · closed

Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed

Fire safety class A · closed

Fire safety class B · closed

Fire safety class B · closed

PlumbingApt 1R class B · closed

PlumbingApt 1R class B · closed

Other conditionsApt 1R class B · closed

MoldApt 1R class A · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 3B class C · closed

MoldApt 4L class B · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 4L class C · closed

MoldApt 4L class A · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4L class B · closed

LeaksApt 4L class B · closed

Doors and windows class B · closed

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1R class B · closed

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1R class B · closed

Heat or hot water class C

Structure and facade class B

2023 Sep

Other conditions class B

2022 Aug

Other conditions class B

2021 Apr

Fire safety class B

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

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

2026 Jan

PL-PER Gas Piping - LL152

2023 Jun

Low Pressure Boiler

1993 Aug

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed

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

43 heat or hot water, 23 general repairs, 18 plumbing, 10 paint or plaster, 8 leaks, 7 appliances, 7 mold, 6 doors or windows, 3 electrical, 3 pests, 3 unsanitary conditions, 2 safety, 1 floors or stairs

Heat or hot waterApt 2A

General repairs, heat or hot waterApt 4A

Unsanitary conditions

General repairs, plumbingApt 3A

General repairsApt 2E

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General repairs, heat or hot waterApt 3B

General repairs, heat or hot waterApt 2B

General repairs, plumbingApt 1B

General repairs, heat or hot waterApt 2B

General repairs, heat or hot waterApt 2A

General repairs, plumbing

Appliances, heat or hot water, paint or plaster, leaksApt 3B

Appliances, heat or hot water, mold, pests, leaksApt 1A

General repairs, heat or hot water

General repairsApt 4B

General repairs, heat or hot waterApt 4B

Appliances, heat or hot water, leaksApt 3B

General repairs, heat or hot water

General repairs, heat or hot water, plumbingApt 2A

General repairsApt 2A

Heat or hot waterApt 2A

General repairs, plumbingApt 3B

General repairs, heat or hot waterApt 2B

Doors or windows, general repairs, paint or plaster, plumbingApt 4B

Heat or hot waterApt 2A

General repairs, plumbingApt 2A

General repairsApt 4A

MoldApt 1B

Electrical, general repairs, safetyApt 2A

MoldApt 1B

Paint or plaster, plumbing, moldApt 1A

Doors or windows, electricalApt 3R

ElectricalApt 3R

2026 Jun

Unsanitary conditions

Doors or windows, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plaster, plumbingApt 4B

Paint or plasterApt 1A

Paint or plaster, plumbingApt 1A

Paint or plaster, plumbingApt 1A

Doors or windowsApt 3E

Doors or windowsApt 4A

Paint or plaster, leaks

Appliances, general repairs, plumbing, mold, pestsApt 1B

Heat or hot waterApt 22

Heat or hot waterApt 3B

Heat or hot waterApt 1R

Heat or hot waterApt 1R

Paint or plaster, mold, pests, leaksApt 1A

2025 Oct

Heat or hot waterApt 3L

Paint or plaster, leaksApt 4B

MoldApt 1R

2025 Jul

Unsanitary conditionsApt 1F

Heat or hot waterApt 3R

2024 Nov

Doors or windowsApt 3R

Paint or plasterApt 1R

Outside the building

Plumbing, safetyApt 1R

Heat or hot waterApt 3B

Heat or hot waterApt 1A

Heat or hot water, plumbingApt 1R

Heat or hot water, plumbingApt 1R

Heat or hot waterApt 1R

Mold, pestsApt 4A

Heat or hot waterApt 11

MoldApt 4A

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

Permit history

10 permits since 1990

2020 Jun

General construction permit, Plumbing permit

2020 Feb

Plumbing permit

2019 Nov

2015 Feb

Plumbing permit, General construction permit

2013 Apr

Plumbing permit, General construction permit

2006 Apr

Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit

and 4 more at the source

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-21 · See every permit at DOB →

What this counts

DOB permits issued (DOB NOW and legacy BIS), one per job and work type; excludes sheds

SalesWhole tax lot

Last sold Sep 2018 for $3,450,000

NYC Citywide Annualized Calendar Sales, as of 2026-06-09

What this counts

Department of Finance sales files, 2016 on

Everything else on record

General repairsApt 4A complaint

General repairsApt 2E complaint

Appliances complaint

General repairsApt 3A complaint

General repairsApt 3B complaint

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General repairsApt 2B complaint

General repairsApt 1B complaint

AppliancesApt 3B complaint

General repairsApt 2B complaint

General repairs complaint

Appliances, paint or plasterApt 3B complaint

AppliancesApt 1A complaint

General repairsApt 4B complaint

General repairs complaint

General repairsApt 4B complaint

AppliancesApt 3B complaint

General repairs complaint

General repairsApt 3B complaint

General repairsApt 2B complaint

Doors or windows, general repairs, paint or plasterApt 4B complaint

General repairsApt 4A complaint

General repairs, safetyApt 2A complaint

Doors or windowsApt 3R complaint

Doors or windows, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plasterApt 4B complaint

Other conditions class B · closed · HPD violation

Doors or windowsApt 3E complaint

Doors or windowsApt 4A complaint

Paint or plaster complaint

Safety complaint

Appliances, general repairsApt 1B complaint

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4L class B · closed · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4L class B · closed · HPD violation

Other conditionsApt 1R class B · closed · HPD violation

2025 Jul

Paint or plasterApt 4B complaint

2024 Nov

Doors or windowsApt 3R complaint

2024 Nov

AppliancesApt 3R complaint

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1R class B · closed · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1R class B · closed · HPD violation

AppliancesApt 1R complaint

Paint or plasterApt 1R complaint

Outside the building complaint

SafetyApt 1R complaint