Building record from city data · BROOKLYN, NY

189 8 Ave

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Also known as 515 1 St — one building, several doors.

built 1906 · 4 stories · 13 apartments · BIN 3025115 · BBL 3010750001

Worth knowing
City records list the water service line as lead
Source: Lead Service Line Location Coordinates · as of 2026-01-30
Worth knowing
Also on record
Clean in the records
Registered with the city

DAMIS HOLDINGS LLC, OWNER 189 8TH AVENUE LLC

Worth knowing
City records list the water service line as lead
Source: Lead Service Line Location Coordinates · as of 2026-01-30

How often each problem is 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

3 of this building’s 13 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.

Heat and hot water

Older records on file
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (H.B. Smith G 400 S5), registration expired since Feb 2023

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 Dec 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 (2025) · 3 complaints, 2025

Pests and cleanliness

1 complaint, 2025

Fire and safety

Older records on file

Electrical

1 complaint, 2025
What has happened here

Structure and facade

Issues on record, most recently 2025

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

General condition and all records

HPD violations

2 open: 2 about building conditions — leaks (1), walls, floors and stairs (1). Also 23 older records from 1987–2010 never closed. 7 further violations from 2025 were closed. 37 violations on record in all, 1987–2025 — the 32 most recent are listed here

2025 Jun
Leaks class A
2025 Jun
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2025 Jun
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Feb
Fire safety class B · closed
2025 Feb
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Feb
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
2025 Feb
Leaks class A · closed
2025 Feb
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
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2025 Feb
Leaks class A · closed
2010 Oct
Lead-based paintApt 2R class C · never closed
2010 Oct
Lead-based paintApt 2R class C · never closed
2010 Oct
Lead-based paintApt 2R class C · never closed
2010 Oct
Lead-based paintApt 2R class C · never closed
2010 Oct
Lead-based paintApt 2R class C · never closed
2010 Oct
Lead-based paintApt 2R class C · never closed
2010 Oct
Lead-based paintApt 2R class C · never closed
2010 Oct
Lead-based paintApt 2R class C · never closed
2010 Oct
Lead-based paintApt 2R class C · never closed
1996 Dec
Smoke or CO detectors class B · never closed
1996 Dec
Walls, floors and stairs class B · never closed
1996 Dec
Doors and windows class B · never closed
1996 Dec
Walls, floors and stairs class B · never closed
1996 Dec
Leaks class B · never closed
1996 Dec
Walls, floors and stairs class B · never closed
1996 Dec
Walls, floors and stairs class B · never closed
1996 Dec
Mold class B · never closed
1996 Dec
Leaks class B · never closed
1996 Dec
Walls, floors and stairs class A · never closed
1990 Aug
Heat or hot water class B · never closed
1990 Aug
Fire safety class B · never closed
1990 Aug
Heat or hot water class C · paperwork · never closed
1987 Jan
Fire safetyApt 3C class B · 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

4 open: 2 about filings or paperwork, 2 older than 10 years

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

2 leaks, 1 appliances, 1 electrical, 1 mold, 1 plumbing

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

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.