Building health · BROOKLYN, NY
built 1931 · 4 stories · 8 apartments
Also known as 255 Van Buren St — one building, several doors.
Registered with the city: 255 VAN BUREN STREET REALTY INC.
The building’s record over time
Filings, permits, complaints and violations from city records, newest first. Highlighted rows are unresolved and from the last year; older unresolved records are marked “never closed”. Tap any row to read it on the agency’s own site.
2026 May
Pests class A · paperwork
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Mar
Doors and windowsApt 2A class B
2026 Mar
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2A class B
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 3A
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 3A class C
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 3A
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 3A
2026 Mar
Doors and windows class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3A
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Feb
Latest accepted inspection Feb 2026, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3A
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3A
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3A
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3A
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water
2025 Jun
Pests class A · paperwork
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed
2024 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork
2023 Aug
Heat or hot waterApt 2B class A
2023 Aug
Heat or hot waterApt 2B class A
2023 Aug
Heat or hot waterApt 2B class A
2023 Aug
PestsApt 2B class C
2023 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class A
2023 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2B class B
2023 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class A
2023 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2B class B
2023 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class B
2023 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class A
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler
DOB Violations
2023 Mar
Pests class A · paperwork
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2022 Mar
Pests class A · paperwork
2021 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork
2015 Mar
Low Pressure Boiler never closed
DOB Violations
2014 May
Low Pressure Boiler never closed
2009 Jan
Gas class B · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2009 Jan
Plumbing class B · never closed
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
2006 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
DOB Violations
2004 Feb
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
2003 Mar
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
2002 Mar
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
1999 Mar
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
1994 Oct
Plumbing permit, Boiler permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
1994 Sep
Latest boiler work permit 1994
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)
1994 Apr
Boiler burning natural gas (Weil Mclain Egh-125 (550,000) WEIL MCLAIN EGH-125 (550,000)), registration expired since Apr 1994
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
1993 Aug
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
DOB Violations
1978 Mar
Walls, floors and stairs class B · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
1931
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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