Building health · BROOKLYN, NY

255 Malcolm X Blvd

built 1910 · 4 stories · 8 apartments
Registered with the city: EJS Equities LLC · 14 other buildings here list it; 271 JEROME ST GAO LLC
Last sold Jun 2022 for $1,850,000 · NYC Department of Finance

Apartments named in these records

5 of this building’s 8 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.

Structure and facade

Issues on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 10 complaints, 2025–2026
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Burnham IN-10), registration expired since Dec 2020

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 Aug 2025, defects reported: yes

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-21 · See the boiler filings at DOB →
What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Heat and hot water complaints

10 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

1 complaint, 2026

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 2 complaints, 2026

Fire and safety

Issues on record, most recently 2022

Electrical

1 complaint, 2026

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

General condition and all records

HPD violations

19 open: 19 about building conditions — mold (4), pests (4), walls, floors and stairs (4), doors and windows (3); 2 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 10 older records from 1999–2011 never closed. 25 further violations from 2026 were closed. 130 violations on record in all, 1999–2026 — the 64 most recent are listed here

2026 Jun
MoldApt 2R class B
2026 Jun
Other conditions class A · closed
2026 Jun
ElectricalApt 2R class B · closed
2026 Jun
MoldApt 2R class A · closed
2026 Jun
MoldApt 2R class B
2026 Jun
Other conditions class A · closed
2026 Jun
Other conditions class A · closed
2026 Jun
ElectricalApt 2R class B · closed
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2026 Jun
MoldApt 2R class A · closed
2026 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3L class B
2026 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3L class B
2026 Feb
MoldApt 2R class B
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2R class B · closed
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2R class B · closed
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2R class B · closed
2026 Feb
LeaksApt 2R class B · closed
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2R class B · closed
2026 Feb
Doors and windowsApt 2R class B · closed
2026 Feb
ElectricalApt 2R class B · closed
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 2R class C · closed
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 2R class C · closed
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2026 Jan
Doors and windows class B · closed
2026 Jan
Fire safety class C · closed
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2R class C · closed
2026 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2R class B · closed
2026 Jan
LeaksApt 2R class B · closed
2026 Jan
LeaksApt 2R class B · closed
2026 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2R class B · closed
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2R class C · closed
2025 Dec
MoldApt 3L class B
2022 May
Fire safetyApt 3R class C
2022 May
PestsApt 3R class C
2021 Aug
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2017 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3R class B
2017 Nov
PestsApt 3R class B
2017 Nov
PestsApt 3R class B
2017 Nov
Doors and windowsApt 3R class B
2017 Jun
Doors and windowsApt 3R class A
2017 Jun
Fire safetyApt 3R class B
2017 Jun
Doors and windowsApt 3R class A
2017 Jun
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3R class B
2017 Jun
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3R class B
2017 Jun
PestsApt 3R class B
2011 Jan
Lead-based paintApt 1L class C · never closed
2003 Apr
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3 R class B · never closed
2003 Apr
PestsApt 3 R class B · never closed
2003 Feb
Doors and windowsApt 3R class B · never closed
2002 Dec
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3R class B · never closed
2002 Sep
Fire safety class B · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-21 · 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: 1 about building conditions, 2 about filings or paperwork

DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-21 · 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

10 heat or hot water, 2 mold, 1 doors or windows, 1 electrical, 1 leaks, 1 paint or plaster, 1 plumbing

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

Permit history

4 permits since 1990

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-21 · See every permit at DOB →
What this counts

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

SalesWhole tax lot

Last sold Jun 2022 for $1,850,000

NYC Citywide Annualized Calendar Sales, as of 2026-06-09
What this counts

Department of Finance sales files, 2016 on

Nothing on record

Gasno record
  • Gas pipingno recordNo open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published
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

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

Every row shows the record it came from and the date it was last checked.
These are city records, not an inspection by Blueflo. Every item shows its source and the date it was last checked.
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