Building record from city data · BROOKLYN, NY

261 Flatbush Ave

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built 1931 · 4 stories · 6 apartments · BIN 3028030 · BBL 3011430004

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

261 FLATBUSH AV CORPORATION, 261 FLATBUSH AVENUE CORP.

Heat or hot water: 4 reports to the city since 2024
2024Heat or hot water · Jan 2024 · 1 report (1 complaint)Jan 14, 2024Heat or hot water · Feb 2024 · 1 report (1 complaint)Feb 9, 2024
2026
Source: HPD Complaints and Problems · as of 2026-10-21

Apartments named in these records

2 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.

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 8 complaints, 2025–2026
What has happened here
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1 complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1 complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
Show 34 more
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1 complaint
2025 Nov
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2025 Nov
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2024 Feb
Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation
2024 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 2 class C · HPD violation
2024 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2023 Apr
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2023 Apr
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2019 Nov
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2019 Nov
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2013 Mar
Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation
2013 Mar
Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation
2011 Dec
Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation
2011 Dec
Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation
2011 Jan
Heat or hot water class C · never closed · HPD violation
2010 Nov
Heat or hot water class C · never closed · HPD violation
2009 Dec
Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation
2009 Dec
Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation
2009 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
2009 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
1994 Mar
Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit
1993 Aug
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
1993 Aug
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
1991 May
Boiler permit
Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Peerless (New) Jot 7Fda PEERLESS (NEW) JOT 7FDA), 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 Dec 2023, 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 1994 (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 and hot water complaints

10 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)

Water and pipes

No issues on record
What has happened here
Water service line

Non-Lead (field inspection)

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

Pests and cleanliness

1 resolved in 2024

Fire and safety

No issues on record
What has happened here

Structure and facade

Issues on record, most recently 2024
  • 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

  • BasementfoundNo basement

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

HPD violations

3 open: 3 about building conditions — heat or hot water (2), doors and windows (1); 2 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 3 older records from 1994–2011 never closed. 2 further violations from 2023–2024 were closed. 17 violations on record in all, 1994–2024 — the 8 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

8 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

6 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.