278 Chauncey St

Heat or hot waterApt 4L class C · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 4L complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 2L complaint

2024 Dec

Heat or hot waterApt 1L complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 1R complaint

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Heat or hot waterApt 4L complaint

BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation

2023 Feb

Boilers class - 2 · DOB violation

2019 Nov

Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation

2008 Jan

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 (Peerless Jot 9Fda PEERLESS JOT 9FDA), registration expired since Sep 1989

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 2025, 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 permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record
Heat and hot water complaintsfound0 heat or hot water complaints

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 4 complaints, 2025–2026 · 3 in the past year

What has happened here

LeaksApt 4L class C · HPD violation

PlumbingApt 1L complaint

LeaksApt 2L complaint

2026 Jun

PlumbingApt 4L complaint

LeaksApt 1L class B · closed · HPD violation

LeaksApt 1L complaint

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LeaksApt 2L class C · closed · HPD violation

PlumbingApt 2L class B · closed · HPD violation

LeaksApt 2L complaint

Water service line

Lead (records)

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

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 4 complaints, 2025–2026 · 1 in the past year

What has happened here

Rubbish and cleanliness class B · HPD violation

Pests class C · HPD violation

PestsApt 2L class C · HPD violation

PestsApt 2L class C · HPD violation

Mold, pestsApt 2L complaint

Pests class A · paperwork · HPD violation

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2025 Nov

MoldApt 1L class B · HPD violation

Pests class C · HPD violation

Pests class C · HPD violation

MoldApt 1L class C · closed · HPD violation

2025 Jul

Unsanitary conditions complaint

PestsApt 2L complaint

MoldApt 1L class A · closed · HPD violation

Mold, pestsApt 1L complaint

2024 Oct

PestsApt 3L complaint

Pests class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation

PestsApt 3R complaint

2024 Apr

Unsanitary conditions complaint

Mold, pestsApt 2L complaint

Electrical

2 complaints, 2025–2026 · 1 in the past year

What has happened here

ElectricalApt 2L complaint

ElectricalApt 2L class C · closed · HPD violation

ElectricalApt 2L complaint

PL-PER Gas Piping - LL152 DOB violation

Electrical complaint

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 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

What has happened here

2026 Jan

Gas piping

Open violation for not filing the periodic gas piping inspection (2026)

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

162 open: 160 about building conditions — pests (43), walls, floors and stairs (26), other conditions (19), doors and windows (18); 65 immediately hazardous (class C), 2 about paperwork or notices. 22 further violations from 2024–2025 were closed. 932 violations on record in all, 2011–2026 — the 184 most recent are listed here

Rubbish and cleanliness class B

Pests class C

LeaksApt 4L class C

Fire safetyApt 4L class C

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Heat or hot waterApt 4L class C

Walls, floors and stairs class C

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2L class B

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2L class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2L class A

Fire safetyApt 2L class C

PestsApt 2L class C

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2L class B

PestsApt 2L class C

Other conditions class A

Pests class A · paperwork

2025 Nov

MoldApt 1L class B

2025 Nov

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1L class B · closed

MoldApt 1L class C · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1L class B · closed

LeaksApt 1L class B · closed

Fire safety class C · closed

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2L class B · closed

Doors and windowsApt 2L class B · closed

Doors and windowsApt 2L class C · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2L class C · closed

LeaksApt 2L class C · closed

Doors and windowsApt 2L class B · closed

ElectricalApt 2L class C · closed

PlumbingApt 2L class B · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2L class A · closed

Fire safety class C · closed

MoldApt 1L class A · closed

Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed

2024 Apr

Pests class A · paperwork · closed

and 115 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

DOB violations

7 open: 3 about building conditions, 4 about filings or paperwork

2026 Jan

PL-PER Gas Piping - LL152

Construction class - 1

2008 Jan

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed

1993 Aug

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed

DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-19 · 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

3 doors or windows, 3 floors or stairs, 3 heat or hot water, 3 paint or plaster, 3 pests, 3 safety, 2 appliances, 2 electrical, 2 general repairs, 2 leaks, 2 mold, 2 plumbing, 1 unsanitary conditions

Heat or hot waterApt 4L

Heat or hot waterApt 2L

PlumbingApt 1L

Appliances, doors or windows, electrical, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plaster, mold, pests, leaksApt 2L

2026 Jun

Doors or windows, plumbing, safetyApt 4L

LeaksApt 1L

2025 Jul

Unsanitary conditions

Appliances, doors or windows, electrical, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plaster, safety, pestsApt 2L

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Floors or stairs, paint or plaster, mold, pestsApt 1L

2024 Dec

Heat or hot waterApt 1L

2024 Oct

PestsApt 3L

Paint or plaster, pestsApt 3R

Electrical, unsanitary conditions

Heat or hot waterApt 1R

Heat or hot water

Appliances, floors or stairs, paint or plaster, safety, mold, pests, leaksApt 2L

Heat or hot water

Doors or windowsApt 4L

Heat or hot waterApt 4L

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

Everything else on record

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2L class B · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2L class B · HPD violation

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Appliances, doors or windows, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plasterApt 2L complaint

2026 Jun

Doors or windows, safetyApt 4L complaint

Other conditions class A · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2L class B · closed · HPD violation

Appliances, doors or windows, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plaster, safetyApt 2L complaint

Floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 1L complaint

Paint or plasterApt 3R complaint

Appliances, floors or stairs, paint or plaster, safetyApt 2L complaint