Building record from city data · BROOKLYN, NY

279 5 Ave

Printed 2026-10-21 from blueflo.tech/b/279-5-avenue-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 314 1 St — one building, several doors.

built 1920 · 4 stories · 7 apartments · BIN 3020796 · BBL 3009700010

Checked in city records
Checked in city records: non-lead water line, boiler filing with no defects (Mar 2026), outside FEMA flood zones and stormwater maps
Source: DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, Lead Service Line Location Coordinates · as of 2026-01-30
Clean in the records
Registered with the city

SKYWIND PROPERTIES LLC

Checked in city records
Checked in city records: non-lead water line, boiler filing with no defects (Mar 2026), outside FEMA flood zones and stormwater maps
Source: DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, Lead Service Line Location Coordinates · as of 2026-01-30

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
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Peerless SCT-8), registration current since Sep 2025

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 Mar 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

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 2004 (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 complaintsfound0 heat or hot water complaints

Water and pipes

Older records on file

Pests and cleanliness

Older records on file

Fire and safety

Older records on file

Electrical

Older records on file

Structure and facade

Older records on file

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 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

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

Permit history

16 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

  • HPD violationsfound0 open. Also 85 older records from 1989–1999 never closed. 5 further violations from 2023–2026 were closed. 103 violations on record in all, 1989–2026 — the 90 most recent are listed here
  • Resident complaints to the cityfoundno complaints

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.