Building record from city data · BROOKLYN, NY

237 5 Ave

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built 1920 · 4 stories · 6 apartments · BIN 3020276 · BBL 3009590002

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

FIFTH AVENUE COMMITTEE INC, FAC ADVANCE HDFC, FAC ADVANCE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COR PORATION

Heat or hot water: 6 reports to the city since 2024
2024Heat or hot water · Feb 2024 · 1 report (2 complaints)Feb 15, 2024Feb 15, 2024 (2nd)
2025Heat or hot water · Jan 2025 · 1 report (1 complaint)Jan 21, 2025Heat or hot water · May 2025 · 2 reports (12 complaints)May 23, 2025May 28, 2025May 28, 2025 (2nd)May 29, 2025May 29, 2025 (2nd)May 30, 2025May 31, 2025Jun 2, 2025Jun 3, 2025Jun 4, 2025Jun 5, 2025Jun 6, 2025Heat or hot water · Aug 2025 · 1 report (5 complaints)Aug 30, 2025Aug 31, 2025Sep 1, 2025Sep 3, 2025Sep 4, 2025
2026Heat or hot water · Sep 2026 · 1 report (2 complaints)Sep 14, 2026Sep 15, 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

4 of this building’s 6 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

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 20 complaints, 2025–2026 · 2 in the past year
What has happened here
2026 Sep
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Sep
Heat or hot waterApt 4L complaint
2026 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 3R class C · HPD violation
2026 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 4R class C · HPD violation
2025 Sep
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Sep
Heat or hot waterApt 2L class C · closed · HPD violation
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2025 Sep
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Sep
Heat or hot waterApt 4R complaint
2025 Sep
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Sep
Heat or hot waterApt 4L class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Sep
Heat or hot waterApt 4R complaint
2025 Aug
Heat or hot waterApt 4R complaint
2025 Aug
Heat or hot waterApt 4R complaint
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 4R complaint
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 4L complaint
2025 Jun
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 4L class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 4R complaint
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 4L complaint
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 4R complaint
2025 Jun
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 2L class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 May
Heat or hot waterApt 4R complaint
2025 May
Heat or hot waterApt 4L complaint
2025 May
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 May
Heat or hot waterApt 3R class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 May
Heat or hot waterApt 4R complaint
2025 May
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 May
Heat or hot waterApt 4L complaint
2025 May
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 May
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water class C · paperwork · closed · HPD violation
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4R class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4R complaint
2024 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4R complaint
2024 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2014 Jun
Boiler permit, Heating/ventilation permit
1993 Aug
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Sep 2026, 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 permits

Latest boiler work permit 2014 (2 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 sourceno recordNo boiler registration or district steam on record
  • Heat and hot water complaintsfound0 heat or hot water complaints

Water and pipes

2 complaints, 2025–2026 · 1 in the past year
Water service line

Non-Lead (field inspection)

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

Pests and cleanliness

2 resolved since 2024

Structure and facade

No issues on record
  • Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingfoundNo active shed permit
  • Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

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

Gas

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

DOB violations

2 open: 2 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

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.