Building health · BROOKLYN, NY

270 Empire Blvd

built 1928 · 6 stories · 78 apartments
Registered with the city: 270 EMPIRE REALTY LLC; 270 EMPIRE REALTY

Apartments named in these records

21 of this building’s 78 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

Structure and facade

Issues on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record (2023) · 15 complaints, 2025–2026 · 14 in the past year
Heat source

Boiler burning no6fuel (Heggie Simplex 320 HEGGIE SIMPLEX 320), registration cancelled since Jan 1900

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: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-20 · See the boiler filings at DOB →
What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 1996

DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-20
What this counts

DOB boiler permits (BIS and DOB NOW); a permit dates work, not the boiler's age

Heat and hot water complaints

20 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

7 complaints, 2025–2026 · 6 in the past year

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 11 complaints, 2024–2026 · 5 in the past year

Electrical

2 complaints, 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

  • BasementfoundNo basement

Elevators

Older records on file
Elevators

4 active elevators; latest periodic inspection Aug 2026

DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance, as of 2026-10-20 · See this building's elevators on NYC Open Data →
What this counts

Active elevator devices registered to this building ID

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

Energy

Energy

ENERGY STAR score 68 (2024 report)

Energy and Water Data Disclosure (Local Law 84), as of 2025-11-25
What this counts

Letter grades are issued by the city under Local Law 33 and posted near the building entrance; Blueflo shows the reported score only

General condition and all records

HPD violations

45 open: 39 about building conditions — pests (13), lead-based paint (10), walls, floors and stairs (4), fire safety (3); 25 immediately hazardous (class C), 6 about paperwork or notices. Also 31 older records from 1986–2015 never closed. 25 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 707 violations on record in all, 1986–2026 — the 193 most recent are listed here

2026 Sep
Other conditions class A
2026 Sep
Other conditionsApt 3D class B
2026 Sep
PestsApt 3D class C
2026 Sep
MoldApt 3D class A
2026 Sep
PestsApt 3D class C
2026 Sep
Fire safetyApt 6N class C
2026 Sep
PestsApt 6N class C
2026 Mar
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4H class B · closed
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2026 Mar
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4H class B · closed
2026 Mar
PestsApt 4H class C · closed
2026 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4H class B · closed
2026 Mar
Doors and windowsApt 4H class B · closed
2026 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4H class C · closed
2026 Mar
Other conditions class A · closed
2026 Mar
ElectricalApt 5C class C · closed
2025 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 6K class B · closed
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2025 Dec
Other conditionsApt 1K class C · closed
2025 Dec
Other conditionsApt 1K class B · closed
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1K class C · closed
2025 Dec
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Oct
Electrical class A · closed
2025 Sep
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Sep
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4N class A · closed
2025 Aug
LeaksApt 4N class C · closed
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4N class B · closed
2025 Aug
MoldApt 4N class C · closed
2024 Nov
Doors and windowsApt 4J class A · closed
2024 Nov
Lead-based paintApt 4J class C · closed
2024 Nov
Lead-based paintApt 4J class C · closed
2024 Nov
Lead-based paintApt 4J class C · closed
2024 Jan
Lead-based paintApt 4N class B · paperwork
2024 Jan
Lead-based paintApt 4L class B · paperwork
2024 Jan
Lead-based paintApt 4F class B · paperwork
2024 Jan
Lead-based paintApt 3E class C · paperwork
2023 Dec
Lead-based paintApt 3F class C
2023 Dec
Lead-based paintApt 3F class C
2023 Dec
Lead-based paintApt 3F class C
2023 Dec
Lead-based paintApt 3F class C
2023 Dec
Lead-based paintApt 3F class C
2023 Dec
Lead-based paintApt 3F class C
2023 Dec
Lead-based paintApt 3F class C
2023 Dec
Lead-based paintApt 3F class C
2023 Dec
Lead-based paintApt 3F class C
2023 Dec
Lead-based paintApt 3F class C
2023 Nov
Lead-based paintApt 3M class C · paperwork
2023 Nov
Lead-based paintApt 3M class C · paperwork
2023 Nov
PestsApt 3M class C
2023 Nov
PestsApt 3M class C
and 26 more at the source
Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-20 · 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

11 open: 4 about building conditions, 6 about filings or paperwork, 1 older than 10 years

DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-20 · 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

15 heat or hot water, 6 pests, 5 floors or stairs, 5 paint or plaster, 4 leaks, 4 mold, 4 unsanitary conditions, 3 plumbing, 2 doors or windows, 2 electrical, 2 general repairs

2026 Oct
Heat or hot water
2026 Oct
PlumbingApt 3E
2026 Oct
Plumbing
2026 Sep
Paint or plaster, mold, pestsApt 3D
2026 Aug
Doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plaster, pestsApt 6N
2026 Aug
General repairsApt 1B
2026 Aug
LeaksApt 1B
2026 Jul
Paint or plaster, pestsApt 1K
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2026 Apr
Floors or stairs, pestsApt 6K
2026 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 6N
2026 Mar
Floors or stairsApt 4H
2026 Mar
Paint or plasterApt 4H
2026 Mar
Electrical, floors or stairs, paint or plaster, leaksApt 4H
2026 Mar
ElectricalApt 5C
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 1N
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 1N
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 6N
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 6N
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water
2026 Jan
LeaksApt 3H
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1K
2025 Dec
Doors or windowsApt 2B
2025 Dec
Floors or stairs, general repairs, heat or hot water, plumbing, mold, pests, unsanitary conditionsApt 1K
2025 Nov
Heat or hot water
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water
2025 Sep
Unsanitary conditions
2025 Aug
Unsanitary conditions
2025 Aug
Mold, leaksApt 4N
2025 Jul
PestsApt 1N
2025 Apr
Unsanitary conditions
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3D
2024 Nov
MoldApt 4J
2024 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 6N
2024 Sep
MoldApt 2B
2024 Aug
Doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 2C
2024 Jul
Doors or windows, electrical, paint or plaster, plumbingApt 6F
2024 Apr
Heat or hot water
2024 Apr
PlumbingApt 6D
2024 Apr
Heat or hot water
2024 Mar
Floors or stairsApt 4B
2024 Mar
MoldApt 3M
2024 Mar
Floors or stairsApt 4B
2024 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3E
2024 Feb
Floors or stairsApt 4B
2024 Feb
Heat or hot water
2023 Dec
Electrical, paint or plaster, plumbing, moldApt 3E
2023 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3E
2023 Dec
Appliances, doors or windows, electrical, general repairs, paint or plaster, plumbingApt 3F
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3E
2023 Oct
SafetyApt 3M
2023 Oct
PestsApt 1K
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

Nothing on record

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

Sources

23 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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