Building health · BROOKLYN, NY

170 Prospect Park W

built 1903 · 4 stories · 9 apartments
Also known as 171 Prospect Park W, 520 12 St — one building, several doors.
Registered with the city: 170 PROSPECT PARK WEST CORP

Apartments named in these records

1 of this building’s 9 apartments is 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

Older records on file
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (H.B. Smith 19HE-S/W-6), registration current since Dec 2024

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 Sep 2025, 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

  • Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record
  • Heat and hot water complaintsfound0 heat or hot water complaints

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 1 complaint, 2026

Pests and cleanliness

1 complaint, 2026
What has happened here

Fire and safety

Older records on file

Electrical

2 complaints, 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

General condition and all records

HPD violations

17 open: 17 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (12), fire safety (2), other conditions (2), leaks (1). Also 19 older records from 1987–2010 never closed. 20 further violations from 2026 were closed. 147 violations on record in all, 1987–2026 — the 56 most recent are listed here

2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3L class B
2026 May
Other conditionsApt 3L class B
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3L class B
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3L class B
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3L class B
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3L class B
2026 May
ElectricalApt 3L class B · closed
2026 May
ElectricalApt 3L class B · closed
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2026 May
ElectricalApt 3L class B · closed
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3L class B · closed
2026 May
ElectricalApt 3L class B · closed
2026 May
ElectricalApt 3L class B · closed
2026 May
ElectricalApt 3L class B · closed
2026 May
ElectricalApt 3L class B · closed
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3L class B
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3L class B
2026 May
LeaksApt 3L class B
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3L class B
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3L class B
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3L class A
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3L class A
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3L class B
2026 May
Other conditionsApt 3L class B
2026 May
ElectricalApt 3L class B · closed
2026 May
LeaksApt 3L class B · closed
2026 May
ElectricalApt 3L class A · closed
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3L class C · closed
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3L class B · closed
2026 May
ElectricalApt 3L class B · closed
2026 May
ElectricalApt 3L class A · closed
2026 May
LeaksApt 3L class A · closed
2026 May
PlumbingApt 3L class B · closed
2026 May
ElectricalApt 3L class B · closed
2026 May
ElectricalApt 3L class B · closed
2026 May
ElectricalApt 3L class B · closed
2019 Mar
Fire safetyApt 3L class B
2018 Jun
Fire safetyApt 3L class B
2010 Oct
Other conditions class B · never closed
2010 Feb
Heat or hot water class C · paperwork · never closed
2010 Feb
Heat or hot water class C · never closed
2008 Oct
Other conditions class B · never closed
2008 Oct
Walls, floors and stairs class A · never closed
2008 Oct
Other conditions class B · never closed
2008 Oct
Other conditions class B · never closed
2008 Oct
Walls, floors and stairs class A · never closed
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

1 open: 1 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

3 electrical, 3 paint or plaster, 2 plumbing, 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 historyno record0 permits since 1990

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
Energyno record
  • Energynot requiredNot required: energy reporting applies to buildings over 25,000 sq ft
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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