Building record from city data · BROOKLYN, NY

259 Flatbush Ave

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built 1930 · 4 stories · 6 apartments · BIN 3028031 · BBL 3011430005

Worth knowing
44 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about heat or hot water and fire safety and walls, floors and stairs and doors and windows and pests
Source: Housing Maintenance Code Violations · as of 2026-10-19
Worth knowing
Clean in the records
Registered with the city

259 FLATBUSH AVENUE CORP, 259 FLATBUSH AVE CORP, 259 FLATBUSH AVENUE CORP.

Heat or hot water: 19 reports to the city since 2024
2024Heat or hot water · Feb 2024 · 1 report (1 complaint)Feb 1, 2024Heat or hot water · Oct 2024 · 1 report (1 complaint)Oct 1, 2024
2025Heat or hot water · Apr 2025 · 2 reports (2 complaints)Apr 11, 2025Apr 30, 2025Heat or hot water · Sep 2025 · 1 report (1 complaint)Sep 26, 2025Heat or hot water · Oct 2025 · 2 reports (7 complaints)Oct 12, 2025Oct 12, 2025 (2nd)Oct 13, 2025Oct 27, 2025Oct 29, 2025Oct 30, 2025Nov 3, 2025Heat or hot water · Nov 2025 · 3 reports (7 complaints)Nov 4, 2025Nov 12, 2025Nov 12, 2025 (2nd)Nov 14, 2025Nov 16, 2025Nov 24, 2025Nov 29, 2025Heat or hot water · Dec 2025 · 3 reports (14 complaints)Dec 3, 2025Dec 4, 2025Dec 6, 2025Dec 8, 2025Dec 17, 2025Dec 17, 2025 (2nd)Dec 18, 2025Dec 22, 2025Dec 28, 2025Dec 29, 2025Dec 30, 2025Jan 2, 2026Jan 2, 2026 (2nd)Jan 4, 2026
2026Heat or hot water · Jan 2026 · 3 reports (8 complaints)Jan 5, 2026Jan 9, 2026Jan 12, 2026Jan 13, 2026Jan 16, 2026Jan 19, 2026Jan 29, 2026Jan 31, 2026Heat or hot water · Feb 2026 · 2 reports (4 complaints)Feb 8, 2026Feb 18, 2026Feb 20, 2026Feb 23, 2026Heat or hot water · Mar 2026 · 1 report (2 complaints)Mar 12, 2026Mar 16, 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

Apt 1F 15Apt 1R 28Apt 2F 19Apt 3F 15Apt 3R 15

5 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
What has happened here
2026 Sep
Fire safetyApt 1R class C · HPD violation
2026 May
Fire safetyApt 1R class C · HPD violation
2026 Mar
Fire safetyApt 2F class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Jan
Fire safety class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Dec
Fire safety class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Apr
Fire safety class C · closed · HPD violation
Show 3 more
2009 Jun
Fire protection permit
2006 Oct
Fire protection permit
2005 Dec
Fire protection permit

Electrical

Issues on record
What has happened here
2026 Feb
Electrical class B · HPD violation

Structure and facade

Issues on record
What has happened here
2026 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1R class C · HPD violation
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairs class A · HPD violation
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairs class A · paperwork · HPD violation
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairs class A · HPD violation
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1R class C · HPD violation
2026 Mar
Walls, floors and stairs class A · HPD violation
Show 3 more
2026 Mar
Walls, floors and stairs class A · paperwork · HPD violation
2026 Mar
Walls, floors and stairs class A · HPD violation
2004 Jun
Alteration permit
  • 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

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 45 complaints, 2025–2026 · 39 in the past year
What has happened here
2026 May
Heat or hot water class C · paperwork · HPD violation
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2F complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2F complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 2F class C · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 2F class C · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 2F complaint
Show 65 more
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3F class C · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3F class C · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 2F complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3F complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3F class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 2F complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 1F class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3F class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3F class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1R complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3F complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3F complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2F complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1R complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3F complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3F complaint
2026 Jan
Boilers class - 1 · DOB violation
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1F class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1F complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1R complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3F complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1F complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3F complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2F complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3F complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1F complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2F complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3R complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1R complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2F complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1R complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1R class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2F complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1R complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 2F complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3R complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3R class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3R complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 1F complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3R complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3R complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3R complaint
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3R complaint
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3R complaint
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3R complaint
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 1F class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3R complaint
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 1F complaint
2025 Sep
Heat or hot waterApt 2F complaint
2025 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 2F complaint
2025 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 3R class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 2F complaint
2024 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 1R class C · closed · HPD violation
2024 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 1R complaint
2024 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2009 Jun
Heating/ventilation permit
1993 Aug
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
1993 Aug
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
1993 Aug
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
1993 Aug
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
1993 Aug
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
1993 Aug
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Burnham U404Bi BURNHAM U404BI), registration expired since Jun 2006

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-20 · See this building's boiler registrations on NYC Open Data →
Heat and hot water complaints

42 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)

  • Boiler inspection filingsnot requiredNot required: residential buildings with 6 or fewer units are exempt from annual filings
  • Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 5 complaints, 2025
What has happened here
2026 May
Leaks class A · HPD violation
2026 Mar
Leaks class A · HPD violation
2025 Dec
PlumbingApt 1F complaint
2025 Dec
PlumbingApt 1R complaint
2025 Dec
PlumbingApt 3R complaint
2025 Dec
PlumbingApt 1R complaint
Show 2 more
2025 Dec
PlumbingApt 2F complaint
2006 Dec
Plumbing permit
Water service line

Non-Lead (field inspection)

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

Pests and cleanliness

1 complaint, 2025
What has happened here
2025 Dec
MoldApt 1R complaint
2024 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation

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

Gas

What has happened here
2025 Oct
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

117 open: 111 about building conditions — heat or hot water (31), smoke or CO detectors (24), walls, floors and stairs (24), fire safety (12); 44 immediately hazardous (class C), 6 about paperwork or notices. Also 2 older records from 1991–2012 never closed. 16 further violations from 2023–2026 were closed. 148 violations on record in all, 1991–2026 — the 135 most recent are listed here

2026 Sep
Fire safetyApt 1R class C
2026 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1R class C
2026 May
Leaks class A
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairs class A · paperwork
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2026 May
Smoke or CO detectors class A
2026 May
Smoke or CO detectors class A
Show 33 more
2026 May
Heat or hot water class C · paperwork
2026 May
Fire safetyApt 1R class C
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1R class C
2026 Mar
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2026 Mar
Leaks class A
2026 Mar
Smoke or CO detectors class A
2026 Mar
Walls, floors and stairs class A · paperwork
2026 Mar
Smoke or CO detectors class A
2026 Mar
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2026 Mar
Fire safetyApt 2F class C · closed
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 2F class C
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 2F class C
2026 Feb
Electrical class B
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water class C
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3F class C
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3F class C
2026 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3F class B
2026 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3F class B
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3F class C · closed
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 1F class C · closed
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3F class C · closed
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3F class C · closed
2026 Jan
Fire safety class C · closed
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1F class C · closed
2025 Dec
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1R class C · closed
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3R class C · closed
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 1F class C · closed
2025 Apr
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 3R class C · closed
2024 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 1R class C · closed
2024 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2023 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed
and 78 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

Resident complaints to the city

45 heat or hot water, 9 plumbing, 8 doors or windows, 4 safety, 3 floors or stairs, 2 paint or plaster, 1 mold

2026 Oct
Floors or stairsApt 1R
2026 Aug
Doors or windows, safetyApt 1F
2026 Jul
Floors or stairsApt 1R
2026 May
Floors or stairsApt 1R
2026 Apr
Doors or windowsApt 1R
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2F
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2F
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 2F
Show 50 more
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 2F
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3F
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 2F
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1R
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3F
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3F
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2F
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1R
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3F
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3F
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1F
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1R
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3F
2026 Jan
Doors or windows, heat or hot waterApt 1F
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3F
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2F
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3F
2025 Dec
Doors or windows, heat or hot water, plumbingApt 1F
2025 Dec
Doors or windowsApt 1R
2025 Dec
PlumbingApt 1R
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2F
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3R
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1R
2025 Dec
PlumbingApt 3R
2025 Dec
PlumbingApt 1R
2025 Dec
PlumbingApt 2F
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2F
2025 Dec
Doors or windowsApt 1R
2025 Dec
Doors or windows, heat or hot water, paint or plaster, safety, moldApt 1R
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2F
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1R
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 2F
2025 Nov
Heat or hot water
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3R
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3R
2025 Nov
Doors or windows, heat or hot waterApt 1F
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3R
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3R
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3R
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3R
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3R
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3R
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3R
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 1F
2025 Sep
Heat or hot waterApt 2F
2025 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 2F
2025 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 2F
2024 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 1R
2024 Feb
Heat or hot water
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

Permit history

7 permits since 1990

2024 Jul
Sign permit
2009 Jun
Heating/ventilation permit, Fire protection permit
2006 Dec
Plumbing permit, Alteration permit
2006 Oct
Fire protection permit
2005 Dec
Fire protection permit
and 2 more at the source
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

Everything else on record
2026 Oct
Floors or stairsApt 1R complaint
2026 Aug
Doors or windows, safetyApt 1F complaint
2026 Jul
Floors or stairsApt 1R complaint
2026 May
Smoke or CO detectors class A · HPD violation
2026 May
Smoke or CO detectors class A · HPD violation
2026 May
Floors or stairsApt 1R complaint
Show 13 more
2026 Apr
Doors or windowsApt 1R complaint
2026 Mar
Smoke or CO detectors class A · HPD violation
2026 Mar
Smoke or CO detectors class A · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3F class B · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3F class B · HPD violation
2026 Jan
Doors or windowsApt 1F complaint
2025 Dec
Doors or windowsApt 1F complaint
2025 Dec
Doors or windowsApt 1R complaint
2025 Dec
Doors or windowsApt 1R complaint
2025 Dec
Doors or windows, paint or plaster, safetyApt 1R complaint
2025 Nov
Doors or windowsApt 1F complaint
2024 Jul
Sign permit
2023 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed · HPD violation

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

NYC DCP

NYC DEP

NYC DEP / Mayor's Office

NYC DOB

NYC DOB / Mayor's Office

NYC HPD

NYC OTI

NYC Rent Guidelines Board / NYS HCR

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