Building record from city data · BROOKLYN, NY

259 Prospect Park W

Printed 2026-10-21 from blueflo.tech/b/259-prospect-park-west-brooklyn, where it is kept current. These are city records, not an inspection by Blueflo. Every item shows its source and the date it was last checked. Not a warranty. May not be used for tenant screening (terms of use).

Also known as 490 Prospect Ave, 490 Prospect Ave — one building, several doors.

built 1931 · 4 stories · 7 apartments · BIN 3016612 · BBL 3008710009

Worth knowing
17 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about heat or hot water and doors and windows and fire safety
Source: Housing Maintenance Code Violations · as of 2026-10-19
Worth knowing
Clean in the records
Heat or hot water: 2 reports to the city since 2024
2024Heat or hot water · Jan 2024 · 1 report (1 complaint)Jan 5, 2024
2025
2026Heat or hot water · Feb 2026 · 1 report (2 complaints)Feb 7, 2026Feb 8, 2026
Source: HPD Complaints and Problems · as of 2026-10-21

Apartments named in these records

2 of this building’s 7 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.

Heat and hot water

Issues on record (2023) · 2 complaints, 2026
Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Weil Mclain Bl876-S WEIL MCLAIN BL876-S), registration expired since Mar 1994

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 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

Heat and hot water complaints

2 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 work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Water and pipes

Issues on record, most recently 2023

Pests and cleanliness

Older records on file

Fire and safety

Issues on record, most recently 2023

Electrical

Older records on file

Structure and facade

Issues on record, most recently 2023

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 stabilizationWhole tax lot

On the state's list of buildings with at least one rent-stabilized apartment (2024 registrations); listed for this tax lot (1 addresses), not under this building's address

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

57 open: 57 about building conditions — fire safety (13), heat or hot water (11), smoke or CO detectors (10), walls, floors and stairs (7); 17 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 25 older records from 1981–2015 never closed. 1 further violation from 2025 was closed. 115 violations on record in all, 1981–2025 — the 83 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

Resident complaints to the city

2 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

4 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

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

22 datasets

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