# 281 Quincy St, Brooklyn What New York City's public records say about this building. Page: https://blueflo.tech/b/281-quincy-street-brooklyn > These are city records, not an inspection by Blueflo. Every item shows its source and the date it was last checked. ## In one line 85 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about pests and walls, floors and stairs and plumbing and leaks and doors and windows and fire safety and heat or hot water and electrical and gas and lead-based paint and mold (Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19) ## The building - **Year built:** 1931 (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24) - **Stories:** 5 (Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction, as of 2026-08-12) - **Homes:** 25 (Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction, as of 2026-08-12) ## Worth knowing - 85 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about pests and walls, floors and stairs and plumbing and leaks and doors and windows and fire safety and heat or hot water and electrical and gas and lead-based paint and mold - 3 hazardous (class 1) building code violations from 2023–2026 are still open - City records list the water service line's material as unknown (lead not ruled out) - 2 open major (class 2) building code violations from 2024–2026 - 374 open HPD violations about building conditions ## Also on record - On the state's list of buildings with rent-stabilized apartments (2024 registrations) ## Clean in the records - Boiler inspection filed Feb 2026 with no defects reported (DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-19) - Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone; no mapped stormwater flooding (FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-20) ## Building systems - **Boiler inspection filings:** Latest accepted inspection Feb 2026, defects reported: no (DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-19) - **Facade rating:** Not required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories (DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings, as of 2026-10-19) - **Water service line:** Unknown - Lead Status Unknown (records) (Lead Service Line Location Coordinates, as of 2026-01-30) - **FEMA flood zone:** Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X (FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-20) - **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) - **Basement:** Below grade (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24) ## Violations and complaints - **HPD violations:** 376 open: 374 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (113), doors and windows (49), smoke or CO detectors (40), pests (39); 85 immediately hazardous (class C), 2 about paperwork or notices. Also 1 older record from 2010 never closed. 25 further violations from 2025–2026 were closed. 977 violations on record in all, 1999–2026 — the 444 most recent are listed here (Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19) - **DOB violations:** 9 open: 6 about building conditions, 3 about filings or paperwork (DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-19) - **Heat and hot water complaints:** 4 heat or hot water complaints (Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20) - **Resident complaints to the city:** 23 general repairs, 23 paint or plaster, 21 leaks, 14 floors or stairs, 14 mold, 12 electrical, 11 doors or windows, 11 plumbing, 7 pests, 5 heat or hot water, 4 safety, 2 unsanitary conditions, 1 appliances, 1 outside the building (Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20) ## More systems - **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) - **Heat source:** Boiler burning natural gas (Weil Mclain Lgb - 7 WEIL MCLAIN LGB - 7), registration expired since Jun 2007 (Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-20) - **Boiler work permits:** Latest boiler work permit 2007 (DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-19) - **Elevators:** No elevators registered to this building (DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance, as of 2026-10-19) - **Gas piping:** No open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published (DOB Safety Violations, as of 2026-10-19) - **Energy:** Not required: energy reporting applies to buildings over 25,000 sq ft (Energy and Water Data Disclosure (Local Law 84), as of 2025-11-25) ## Permits and work - **Permit history:** 4 permits since 1990 (DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-19) - **Sidewalk shed and scaffolding:** No active shed permit; permits since Feb 2023, last expired Feb 2024 (DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-19) - **Landmark status:** Not in a historic district on record (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24) ## By apartment 14 of 25 apartments named in a city record: - Apt 1C: https://blueflo.tech/b/281-quincy-street-brooklyn/unit/1c - Apt 2A: https://blueflo.tech/b/281-quincy-street-brooklyn/unit/2a - Apt 2E: https://blueflo.tech/b/281-quincy-street-brooklyn/unit/2e - Apt 3A: https://blueflo.tech/b/281-quincy-street-brooklyn/unit/3a - Apt 3B: https://blueflo.tech/b/281-quincy-street-brooklyn/unit/3b - Apt 3D: https://blueflo.tech/b/281-quincy-street-brooklyn/unit/3d - Apt 3E: https://blueflo.tech/b/281-quincy-street-brooklyn/unit/3e - Apt 4A: https://blueflo.tech/b/281-quincy-street-brooklyn/unit/4a - Apt 4B: https://blueflo.tech/b/281-quincy-street-brooklyn/unit/4b - Apt 4D: https://blueflo.tech/b/281-quincy-street-brooklyn/unit/4d - Apt 5B: https://blueflo.tech/b/281-quincy-street-brooklyn/unit/5b - Apt 5C: https://blueflo.tech/b/281-quincy-street-brooklyn/unit/5c - Apt 5D: https://blueflo.tech/b/281-quincy-street-brooklyn/unit/5d - Apt 11: https://blueflo.tech/b/281-quincy-street-brooklyn/unit/11 ## Registered with the city - GATES CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT CO., LLC (Agent, Registration Contacts) - GATES CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT, LP (CorporateOwner, Registration Contacts) - GATES CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT LP (TaxLotOwner, PLUTO (tax lot data)) ## More - Every record behind this card: https://blueflo.tech/b/281-quincy-street-brooklyn/records - The same card as JSON: https://blueflo.tech/v1/buildings/281-quincy-street-brooklyn - Ask about any building from an assistant (MCP): https://blueflo.tech/mcp - Report something wrong: https://blueflo.tech/dispute?slug=281-quincy-street-brooklyn - How to use this data: https://blueflo.tech/llms.txt