Building health · BROOKLYN, NY

237 5 Ave

built 1920 · 4 stories · 6 apartments
Registered with the city: FIFTH AVENUE COMMITTEE INC · 18 other buildings here list it; FAC ADVANCE HDFC · 2 other buildings here list it; FAC ADVANCE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COR PORATION · 1 other building here list it

The building’s record over time

Filings, permits, complaints and violations from city records, newest first. Highlighted rows are unresolved and from the last year; older unresolved records are marked “never closed”. Tap any row to read it on the agency’s own site.
2026 Sep
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Sep
Heat or hot water, plumbingApt 4L
2026 Sep
Latest accepted inspection Sep 2026, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2026 Jun
Fire safetyApt 3R class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 3R class C
2026 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 4R class C
2026 May
Other conditionsApt 2L class C
2026 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2025 Oct
PL-PER Gas Piping - LL152
DOB Violations
2025 Sep
Heat or hot water class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Sep
Heat or hot waterApt 2L class C · closed
2025 Sep
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Sep
Heat or hot waterApt 4R
2025 Sep
Heat or hot water class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Sep
Heat or hot waterApt 4L class C · closed
2025 Sep
Heat or hot waterApt 4R
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Aug
Heat or hot waterApt 4R
2025 Aug
Heat or hot waterApt 4R
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 4R
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 4L
2025 Jun
Heat or hot water class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 4L class C · closed
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 4R
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 4L
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 4R
2025 Jun
Heat or hot water class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 2L class C · closed
2025 May
Heat or hot waterApt 4R
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 May
PlumbingApt 4L
2025 May
Heat or hot waterApt 4L
2025 May
Heat or hot water class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 May
Heat or hot waterApt 3R class C · closed
2025 May
Heat or hot waterApt 4R
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 May
Heat or hot water
2025 May
Heat or hot waterApt 4L
2025 May
Heat or hot water
2025 May
Heat or hot water
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water class C · paperwork · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Jan
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4R class B · closed
2025 Jan
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4R class B · closed
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4R class C · closed
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4R
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4R
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Feb
Heat or hot water
2022 Apr
Plumbing permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2021 Aug
Mechanical systems permit, General construction permit
2014 Sep
Plumbing permit, General construction permit
2014 Jun
No active shed permit
2014 Jun
Latest boiler work permit 2014 (2 on record)
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)
2014 Jun
Plumbing permit, Boiler permit, Sprinklers permit, Heating/ventilation permit, General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
1993 Aug
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
DOB Violations
1920
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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