196 Buffalo Ave — building record — Blueflo

Building record from city data · BROOKLYN, NY

Printed 2026-10-21 from blueflo.tech/b/196-buffalo-avenue-brooklyn, where it is kept current. These are city records, not an inspection by Blueflo. Every item shows its source and the date it was last checked. Not a warranty. May not be used for tenant screening (terms of use).

built 1910 · 2 stories · 13 apartments · BIN 3036312 · BBL 3013680051

Worth knowing

20 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about fire safety and heat or hot water and pests and doors and windows and leaks and plumbing

Source: Housing Maintenance Code Violations · as of 2026-10-19

Worth knowing

20 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about fire safety and heat or hot water and pests and doors and windows and leaks and plumbing
City records list the water service line's material as unknown (lead not ruled out)
89 open HPD violations about building conditions

Clean in the records

Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone; no mapped stormwater flooding

Registered with the city

196 BUFFALO AVENUE LLC

Heat or hot water: 2 reports to the city since 2024

2024Heat or hot water · Feb 2024 · 1 report (3 complaints)Feb 12, 2024 Feb 12, 2024 (2nd)Feb 13, 2024

2025

2026Heat or hot water · Feb 2026 · 1 report (3 complaints)Feb 10, 2026 Feb 12, 2026 Feb 12, 2026 (2nd)

Source: HPD Complaints and Problems · as of 2026-10-21

Apartments named in these records

Apt 2A 13 Apt 6A 15

2 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.

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record

What has happened here

Pests class A · paperwork · HPD violation

PestsApt 6A class C · HPD violation

Pests class A · paperwork · HPD violation

Fire and safety

Issues on record

What has happened here

Fire safetyApt 6A class C · HPD violation

Fire safety class C · HPD violation

Fire safety class B · HPD violation

Fire safety class B · HPD violation

Structure and facade

Issues on record

What has happened here

Doors and windowsApt 6A class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 6A class A · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 6A class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class B · HPD violation

Doors and windows class C · closed · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt 2A class C · closed · HPD violation

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Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class C · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairs class A · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairs class A · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt 2A class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class B · HPD violation

Construction class - 2 · DOB violation

Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingno recordNo sidewalk shed permits on record
Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 3 complaints, 2026

What has happened here

Heat or hot waterApt 6A class A · HPD violation

Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 6A class C · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 6A complaint

Heat or hot water complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 6A complaint

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Heat or hot waterApt 6A class C · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 6A class C · HPD violation

Heat or hot water complaint

Heat or hot water complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 6A complaint

Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation

Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation

Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation

Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation

Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation

Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation

Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation

Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Jun 2024, 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

Heat and hot water complaints

3 heat or hot water complaints

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20 · See the complaints at HPD Online →

What this counts

HPD complaints, heat season 2025–26 (Oct 1–May 31)

Heat sourceno recordNo boiler registration or district steam on record
Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 1 complaint, 2026

What has happened here

LeaksApt 6A class B · HPD violation

LeaksApt 6A complaint

LeaksApt 2A class C · closed · HPD violation

LeaksApt 2A class C · closed · HPD violation

LeaksApt 2A class C · closed · HPD violation

Leaks class C · closed · HPD violation

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Leaks class C · closed · HPD violation

LeaksApt 2A class C · closed · HPD violation

LeaksApt 2A class C · closed · HPD violation

LeaksApt 2A class C · closed · HPD violation

Water service line

Unknown - Lead Status Unknown (not verified)

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

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

BasementfoundNo basement

Gas

What has happened here

PL-PER Gas Piping - LL152 DOB violation

Gas piping

Open violation for not filing the periodic gas piping inspection (2025)

DOB Safety Violations, as of 2026-10-19

What this counts

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

General condition and all records

HPD violations

93 open: 89 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (21), doors and windows (17), fire safety (12), other conditions (10); 20 immediately hazardous (class C), 4 about paperwork or notices. Also 19 older records from 1999–2015 never closed. 12 further violations from 2024 were closed. 387 violations on record in all, 1986–2026 — the 124 most recent are listed here

Pests class A · paperwork

PestsApt 6A class C

Doors and windowsApt 6A class B

Fire safetyApt 6A class C

Other conditionsApt 6A class B

Heat or hot waterApt 6A class A

Walls, floors and stairsApt 6A class A

Walls, floors and stairsApt 6A class B

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LeaksApt 6A class B

Other conditions class A

Heat or hot water class C

Heat or hot waterApt 6A class C

Pests class A · paperwork

Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class B

Fire safety class C

Doors and windows class C · closed

Doors and windowsApt 2A class C · closed

LeaksApt 2A class C · closed

LeaksApt 2A class C · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class C · closed

LeaksApt 2A class C · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 6A class C

Heat or hot waterApt 6A class C

Walls, floors and stairs class A

Fire safety class B

Walls, floors and stairs class A

Fire safety class B

Other conditionsApt 2A class B

Doors and windowsApt 2A class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class B

Leaks class C · closed

Leaks class C · closed

LeaksApt 2A class C · closed

LeaksApt 2A class C · closed

LeaksApt 2A class C · closed

and 75 more at the source

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

17 open: 4 about building conditions, 8 about filings or paperwork, 5 older than 10 years

PL-PER Gas Piping - LL152

Low Pressure Boiler

Construction class - 2

Low Pressure Boiler

Low Pressure Boiler

Low Pressure Boiler never closed

Low Pressure Boiler never closed

Low Pressure Boiler never closed

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Low Pressure Boiler never closed

Low Pressure Boiler never closed

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed

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 heat or hot water, 1 leaks

Heat or hot water, leaksApt 6A

Heat or hot water

Heat or hot waterApt 6A

Heat or hot water

Heat or hot water

Heat or hot waterApt 6A

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

Everything else on record

Other conditionsApt 6A class B · HPD violation

Other conditions class A · HPD violation

Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed · HPD violation

Other conditionsApt 2A class B · HPD violation

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

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

FEMA

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer2026-10-20
OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims (v3)2026-09-09

NYC DCP

NYC GeoSearch (address directory)2026-10-20
PLUTO (tax lot data)2026-08-24

NYC DEP

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)2026-10-20
Lead Service Line Location Coordinates2026-01-30

NYC DEP / Mayor's Office

NYC Stormwater Flood Maps2024-07-03

NYC DOB

DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance2026-10-19
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits2026-10-19
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler2026-10-19
DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings2026-10-19
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)2026-10-19
DOB Safety Violations2026-10-19
DOB Violations2026-10-19

NYC DOB / Mayor's Office

Energy and Water Data Disclosure (Local Law 84)2025-11-25

NYC HPD

Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction2026-08-12
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems2026-10-20
Housing Maintenance Code Violations2026-10-19
Multiple Dwelling Registrations2026-08-12
Registration Contacts2026-08-12

NYC OTI

AddressPoint2026-07-07
Building Footprints2026-10-19

NYC Rent Guidelines Board / NYS HCR

Rent Stabilized Building Lists (2024 HCR registrations)2025-11-30

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