Building record from city data · BROOKLYN, NY

225 Buffalo Ave

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built 1920 · 4 stories · 16 apartments · BIN 3036630 · BBL 3013750002

Worth knowing
2 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about heat or hot water
Source: Housing Maintenance Code Violations · as of 2026-10-19
Worth knowing
Clean in the records
Registered with the city

FAIRSTEAD MANAGEMENT, NYC PACT PRESERVATION PARTNERS LLC

Heat or hot water: 5 reports to the city since 2024
2024Heat or hot water · Nov 2024 · 1 report (3 complaints)Nov 23, 2024Nov 25, 2024Nov 25, 2024 (2nd)
2025Heat or hot water · Jan 2025 · 1 report (2 complaints)Jan 21, 2025Jan 21, 2025 (2nd)Heat or hot water · Nov 2025 · 2 reports (3 complaints)Nov 2, 2025Nov 11, 2025Nov 11, 2025 (2nd)Heat or hot water · Dec 2025 · 1 report (4 complaints)Dec 1, 2025Dec 1, 2025 (2nd)Dec 3, 2025Dec 3, 2025 (2nd)
2026
Source: HPD Complaints and Problems · as of 2026-10-21

Apartments named in these records

7 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.

Fire and safety

Issues on record

Structure and facade

Issues on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 12 complaints, 2024–2025 · 7 in the past year
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Weil-Mclain 588), registration current since Jan 2026

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 Mar 2023, defects reported: yes

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 permits

Latest boiler work permit 2025 (4 on record)

DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-19
What this counts

DOB boiler permits (BIS and DOB NOW); a permit dates work, not the boiler's age

Heat and hot water complaints

7 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)

Water and pipes

1 complaint, 2025
Water service line

Non-Lead (statistical analysis/predictive model)

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

Pests and cleanliness

1 resolved in 2024

Electrical

2 complaints, 2024

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

Energy

EnergyWhole tax lot

ENERGY STAR score 88 (2024 report), reported for all of STERLING PLACE REHABS (STERLING-BUFFALO) (7 buildings)

Energy and Water Data Disclosure (Local Law 84), as of 2025-11-25
What this counts

Letter grades are issued by the city under Local Law 33 and posted near the building entrance; Blueflo shows the reported score only

General condition and all records

HPD violations

8 open: 8 about building conditions — fire safety (3), walls, floors and stairs (3), heat or hot water (2); 2 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 6 older records from 2008–2009 never closed. 6 further violations from 2024–2025 were closed. 30 violations on record in all, 2008–2025 — the 20 most recent are listed here

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

3 open: 3 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

Permit history

13 permits since 1990

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-19 · See every permit at DOB →
What this counts

DOB permits issued (DOB NOW and legacy BIS), one per job and work type; excludes sheds

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
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.