Building record from city data · BROOKLYN, NY

189 Sterling Pl

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built 1903 · 4 stories · 16 apartments · BIN 3029072 · BBL 3011640082

Worth knowing
13 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about fire safety and heat or hot water and gas
Source: Housing Maintenance Code Violations · as of 2026-10-20
Worth knowing
Also on record
Clean in the records
Registered with the city

LIVINGSTON MANAGEMENT SERVICES LLC, PROSPECT HEIGHTS PORTFOLIO LLC, PROSPECT 189 LLC

Heat or hot water: 13 reports to the city since 2024
2024Heat or hot water · Nov 2024 · 1 report (1 complaint)Nov 14, 2024Heat or hot water · Dec 2024 · 1 report (2 complaints)Dec 22, 2024Dec 23, 2024
2025Heat or hot water · Jan 2025 · 1 report (1 complaint)Jan 12, 2025Heat or hot water · Mar 2025 · 1 report (3 complaints)Mar 18, 2025Mar 22, 2025Mar 25, 2025Heat or hot water · Apr 2025 · 1 report (2 complaints)Apr 5, 2025Apr 9, 2025Heat or hot water · Nov 2025 · 2 reports (4 complaints)Nov 11, 2025Nov 21, 2025Nov 23, 2025Nov 24, 2025
2026Heat or hot water · Jan 2026 · 2 reports (4 complaints)Jan 6, 2026Jan 7, 2026Jan 18, 2026Jan 23, 2026Heat or hot water · Feb 2026 · 1 report (1 complaint)Feb 9, 2026Heat or hot water · Mar 2026 · 1 report (2 complaints)Mar 18, 2026Mar 24, 2026Heat or hot water · Apr 2026 · 1 report (1 complaint)Apr 27, 2026Heat or hot water · Oct 2026 · 1 report (1 complaint)Oct 9, 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

Apt 2 2Apt 3 3Apt 5 28Apt 6 1Apt 8 3Apt 9 2Apt 11 10Apt 14 7Apt 15 5Apt 16 1

10 of this building’s 16 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.

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record
What has happened here
2026 Sep
MoldApt 11 class B · HPD violation
2026 May
Pests class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation
2025 Jun
Pests class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation

Fire and safety

Issues on record
What has happened here
2026 Sep
Fire safety class C · HPD violation
2026 Sep
Fire safety class C · HPD violation
2026 Sep
Fire safety class C · HPD violation
2026 Sep
Fire safety class C · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Fire safety class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Jan
Fire safety class C · closed · HPD violation
Show 2 more
2025 Apr
Fire safetyApt 5 class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Mar
Fire safety class C · HPD violation

Structure and facade

Issues on record
What has happened here
2026 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 11 class B · HPD violation
2026 Sep
Doors and windowsApt 11 class B · HPD violation
2026 Sep
Doors and windows class A · HPD violation
2026 Jul
Doors and windows class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5 class B · HPD violation
2025 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5 class B · closed · HPD violation
Show 2 more
2025 Mar
Walls, floors and stairs class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation
2025 Mar
Doors and windows class B · closed · HPD violation
Landmark statusWhole tax lot

In the Prospect Heights Historic District

PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24
  • Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingno recordNo sidewalk shed permits on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 22 complaints, 2024–2026 · 13 in the past year
What has happened here
2026 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 15 complaint
2026 Sep
Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation
2026 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 15 complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 15 complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 14 complaint
Show 26 more
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 14 complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 14 complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 14 complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 14 complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3 class C · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3 complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 5 class C · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 5 complaint
2025 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 5 complaint
2025 Apr
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 5 class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 5 complaint
2025 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 5 complaint
2025 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 5 complaint
2025 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 5 complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 6 complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3 complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 15 complaint
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 8 complaint
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 2 complaint
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Weil Mclain CGM-3), registration expired since Oct 2022

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 Feb 2023, 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

Heat and hot water complaints

12 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)

  • Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Water and pipes

3 complaints, 2025–2026 · 2 in the past year
What has happened here
2026 Sep
LeaksApt 11 complaint
2026 Mar
LeaksApt 8 complaint
2025 Mar
Leaks class A · closed · HPD violation
2025 Mar
PlumbingApt 5 complaint
Water service lineWhole tax lot

Non-Lead (field inspection)

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

Electrical

Issues on record · 3 complaints, 2025–2026 · 2 in the past year
What has happened here
2026 Oct
ElectricalApt 11 complaint
2026 Sep
ElectricalApt 11 class B · HPD violation
2026 Sep
ElectricalApt 11 complaint
2025 Feb
ElectricalApt 15 complaint

Flooding

No issues on record
FEMA flood zone

Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-21
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

Gas

What has happened here
2025 Nov
GasApt 5 class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Sep
GasApt 5 class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Apr
GasApt 5 class B · HPD violation
2025 Mar
GasApt 5 class C · HPD violation
2025 Mar
GasApt 5 class C · HPD violation
2017 Mar
GasApt 5 class C · HPD violation
  • Gas pipingno recordNo open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published

General condition and all records

HPD violations

24 open: 24 about building conditions — fire safety (5), gas (4), heat or hot water (4), other conditions (3); 13 immediately hazardous (class C). 16 further violations from 2025–2026 were closed. 72 violations on record in all, 1974–2026 — the 40 most recent are listed here

2026 Sep
Other conditionsApt 11 class B
2026 Sep
MoldApt 11 class B
2026 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 11 class B
2026 Sep
ElectricalApt 11 class B
2026 Sep
Doors and windowsApt 11 class B
2026 Sep
Fire safety class C
2026 Sep
Doors and windows class A
2026 Sep
Fire safety class C
Show 32 more
2026 Sep
Heat or hot water class C
2026 Sep
Fire safety class C
2026 Sep
Other conditions class C
2026 Sep
Fire safety class C
2026 Jul
Doors and windows class C · closed
2026 May
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2026 Feb
Fire safety class C · closed
2026 Jan
Fire safety class C · closed
2026 Jan
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 14 class B
2026 Jan
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 14 class B
2025 Nov
Heat or hot water class C
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3 class C
2025 Nov
Other conditions class B
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 5 class C
2025 Nov
GasApt 5 class B · closed
2025 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5 class B
2025 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5 class B · closed
2025 Sep
GasApt 5 class C · closed
2025 Jun
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2025 Apr
GasApt 5 class B
2025 Apr
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2025 Apr
Fire safetyApt 5 class B · closed
2025 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 5 class C · closed
2025 Mar
Fire safety class C
2025 Mar
GasApt 5 class C
2025 Mar
Leaks class A · closed
2025 Mar
Walls, floors and stairs class A · paperwork · closed
2025 Mar
Smoke or CO detectors class A · closed
2025 Mar
Smoke or CO detectors class A · closed
2025 Mar
Doors and windows class B · closed
2025 Mar
GasApt 5 class C
2017 Mar
GasApt 5 class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-20 · 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: 3 about building conditions

2025 Nov
Low Pressure Boiler
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler
DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-20 · 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, 6 doors or windows, 6 general repairs, 3 appliances, 3 electrical, 2 leaks, 1 floors or stairs, 1 paint or plaster, 1 plumbing

2026 Oct
Doors or windows, electricalApt 11
2026 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 15
2026 Sep
Doors or windows, electrical, leaksApt 11
2026 Jul
Doors or windowsApt 9
2026 Jul
Doors or windowsApt 16
2026 Jul
Doors or windowsApt 9
2026 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 15
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 15
Show 27 more
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water
2026 Mar
LeaksApt 8
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 14
2026 Jan
Doors or windowsApt 2
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 14
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 14
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 14
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 14
2025 Nov
Heat or hot water
2025 Nov
Heat or hot water
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3
2025 Nov
Floors or stairsApt 5
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 5
2025 Sep
Appliances, general repairs, paint or plasterApt 5
2025 Sep
General repairsApt 8
2025 Aug
AppliancesApt 5
2025 Apr
General repairs, heat or hot waterApt 5
2025 Apr
Appliances, heat or hot waterApt 5
2025 Mar
General repairs, heat or hot water, plumbingApt 5
2025 Mar
General repairs, heat or hot waterApt 5
2025 Mar
General repairs, heat or hot waterApt 5
2025 Feb
ElectricalApt 15
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 6
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 15
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 8
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 2
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

Everything else on record
2026 Oct
Doors or windowsApt 11 complaint
2026 Sep
Other conditionsApt 11 class B · HPD violation
2026 Sep
Doors or windowsApt 11 complaint
2026 Sep
Other conditions class C · HPD violation
2026 Jul
Doors or windowsApt 9 complaint
2026 Jul
Doors or windowsApt 16 complaint
Show 16 more
2026 Jul
Doors or windowsApt 9 complaint
2026 Jan
Doors or windowsApt 2 complaint
2026 Jan
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 14 class B · HPD violation
2026 Jan
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 14 class B · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Other conditions class B · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Floors or stairsApt 5 complaint
2025 Sep
Appliances, general repairs, paint or plasterApt 5 complaint
2025 Sep
General repairsApt 8 complaint
2025 Aug
AppliancesApt 5 complaint
2025 Apr
General repairsApt 5 complaint
2025 Apr
AppliancesApt 5 complaint
2025 Mar
Smoke or CO detectors class A · closed · HPD violation
2025 Mar
Smoke or CO detectors class A · closed · HPD violation
2025 Mar
General repairsApt 5 complaint
2025 Mar
General repairsApt 5 complaint
2025 Mar
General repairsApt 5 complaint
  • Permit historyno record0 permits since 1990
  • Salesno recordNo recorded sale since 2016

Nothing on record

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

24 datasets

FEMA

NYC DCP

NYC DEP

NYC DEP / Mayor's Office

NYC DOB

NYC DOB / Mayor's Office

NYC DOF

NYC HPD

NYC OTI

NYC Rent Guidelines Board / NYS HCR

Each date is when we last checked that dataset, not when the record itself was created.