289 Lewis Ave — building record — Blueflo

Building record from city data · BROOKLYN, NY

Printed 2026-10-21 from blueflo.tech/b/289-lewis-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 647 Putnam Ave — one building, several doors.

built 1965 · 6 stories · 18 apartments · BIN 3045189 · BBL 3016450076

Worth knowing

7 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about doors and windows and fire safety

Source: Housing Maintenance Code Violations · as of 2026-10-19

Worth knowing

7 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about doors and windows and fire safety
1 hazardous (class 1) building code violation from 2018 is still open
5 open major (class 2) building code violations from 2018–2025
31 open HPD violations about building conditions

Clean in the records

Water service line on record as non-lead (records)
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone; no mapped stormwater flooding
No heat or hot water complaints filed last winter

Registered with the city

CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH

Leaks: 3 reports to the city since 2024

2024Leaks · Oct 2024 · 1 report (1 complaint)Oct 25, 2024

2025

2026Leaks · Apr 2026 · 1 report (1 complaint)Apr 22, 2026Leaks · Jun 2026 · 1 report (1 complaint)Jun 7, 2026

Source: HPD Complaints and Problems · as of 2026-10-21

Also reported

2024 – 2026

Mold2 reports
2024
2025
2026Mold · Jun 2026 · 2 reports (2 complaints)Jun 7, 2026 Jun 18, 2026
Pests2 reports
2024
2025
2026Pests · Mar 2026 · 1 report (1 complaint)Mar 19, 2026Pests · Jun 2026 · 1 report (1 complaint)Jun 7, 2026
Doors or windows5 reports
2024Doors or windows · Oct 2024 · 1 report (1 complaint)Oct 25, 2024
2025
2026Doors or windows · Mar 2026 · 1 report (3 complaints)Mar 19, 2026 Mar 19, 2026 (2nd)Mar 19, 2026 (3rd)Doors or windows · Apr 2026 · 1 report (1 complaint)Apr 22, 2026Doors or windows · Jun 2026 · 2 reports (3 complaints)Jun 7, 2026 Jun 7, 2026 (2nd)Jun 18, 2026
Electrical2 reports
2024
2025
2026Electrical · Jun 2026 · 2 reports (4 complaints)Jun 7, 2026 Jun 7, 2026 (2nd)Jun 7, 2026 (3rd)Jun 18, 2026
Show 1 more: Paint or plaster
- Paint or plaster2 reports
  2024
  2025
  2026Paint or plaster · Mar 2026 · 1 report (1 complaint)Mar 19, 2026Paint or plaster · Jun 2026 · 1 report (2 complaints)Jun 7, 2026 Jun 7, 2026 (2nd)

A filled month had a report to HPD; darker means more than one, and the past year is brightest. Tap one to read it. Complaints within a week count as one report. Records list complaints filed, not conditions found.

Apartments named in these records

Apt 4B 8 Apt 5A 9 Apt 5E 29

3 of this building’s 18 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

What has happened here

Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation

Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation

BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation

BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation

BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation

BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation

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Heating/ventilation permit

Heating/ventilation permit

Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Kohler 60RZG), registration current since Mar 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 Apr 2022, 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

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

Structure and facade

Issues on record

What has happened here

Walls, floors and stairsApt 5E class A · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 5E class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 5E class A · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt 5E class B · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt 5E class B · HPD violation

Construction class - 2 · DOB violation

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Doors and windowsApt 5A class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class A · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class B · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt 4B class C · HPD violation

General construction permit

General construction permit

General construction permit

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

Water and pipes

Issues on record (2024) · 3 complaints, 2024–2026 · 2 in the past year

What has happened here

LeaksApt 5E complaint

Leaks complaint

LeaksApt 5A class B · HPD violation

LeaksApt 5A complaint

Plumbing permit

Plumbing permit

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Plumbing permit

Water service lineWhole tax lot

Non-Lead (records)

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

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 3 complaints, 2026

What has happened here

MoldApt 5A complaint

MoldApt 5E class B · HPD violation

PestsApt 5E class B · HPD violation

PestsApt 5E class B · HPD violation

MoldApt 5E class A · closed · HPD violation

Mold, pestsApt 5E complaint

Show 4 more

Pests class A · paperwork · HPD violation

PestsApt 5E complaint

Pests class A · paperwork · HPD violation

Pests class A · paperwork · HPD violation

Fire and safety

Issues on record, most recently 2024

What has happened here

Fire safety class C · HPD violation

Fire safety class C · closed · HPD violation

Fire safety class C · closed · HPD violation

Fire safety class C · closed · HPD violation

Fire safety class C · closed · HPD violation

Electrical

3 complaints, 2026

What has happened here

ElectricalApt 5A complaint

ElectricalApt 5E complaint

ElectricalApt 5E 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

BasementfoundNo basement

Elevators

Issues on record, most recently 2025

What has happened here

VT-CAT1-CO Elevators DOB violation

VT-PER-CO Elevators DOB violation

Elevators class - 2 · DOB violation

VT-CAT1-CO Elevators DOB violation

Elevators

1 active elevator; latest periodic inspection Sep 2025

DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance, as of 2026-10-19 · See this building's elevators on NYC Open Data →

What this counts

Active elevator devices registered to this building ID

General condition and all records

HPD violations

39 open: 31 about building conditions — doors and windows (10), smoke or CO detectors (5), walls, floors and stairs (5), fire safety (3); 7 immediately hazardous (class C), 8 about paperwork or notices. 5 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 77 violations on record in all, 2015–2026 — the 44 most recent are listed here

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5E class B

MoldApt 5E class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 5E class A

Walls, floors and stairsApt 5E class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 5E class A

Doors and windowsApt 5E class B

PestsApt 5E class B

Doors and windowsApt 5E class B

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PestsApt 5E class B

MoldApt 5E class A · closed

Pests class A · paperwork

Other conditions class I · paperwork

Pests class A · paperwork

Other conditions class I · paperwork

Fire safety class C

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5A class B

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5A class B

Doors and windowsApt 5A class B

LeaksApt 5A class B

Fire safety class C · closed

Fire safety class C · closed

Fire safety class C · closed

Fire safety class C · closed

Pests class A · paperwork

Other conditions class I · paperwork

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4B class B

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4B class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class A

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class B

Doors and windowsApt 4B class C

and 9 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

33 open: 8 about building conditions, 25 about filings or paperwork

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

8 doors or windows, 4 electrical, 3 leaks, 3 paint or plaster, 2 appliances, 2 mold, 2 pests, 1 general repairs, 1 safety

Doors or windows, electrical, moldApt 5A

Doors or windows, electrical, general repairs, paint or plasterApt 5E

Appliances, doors or windows, electrical, paint or plaster, safety, mold, pests, leaksApt 5E

Doors or windows, leaks

Doors or windows, paint or plaster, pestsApt 5E

Doors or windows, leaksApt 5A

Doors or windows, floors or stairs, general repairsApt 4B

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

13 permits since 1990

Suspended scaffold permit

Plumbing permit, Heating/ventilation permit, General construction permit

General construction permit

Plumbing permit, Heating/ventilation permit

General construction permit

Plumbing permit

and 6 more at the source

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

Everything else on record

EN-BENCH Benchmarking - LL84 DOB violation

EN-BENCH Benchmarking - LL84 DOB violation

Doors or windowsApt 5A complaint

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5E class B · HPD violation

Doors or windows, general repairs, paint or plasterApt 5E complaint

Appliances, doors or windows, paint or plaster, safetyApt 5E complaint

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Doors or windows complaint

Doors or windows, paint or plasterApt 5E complaint

EN-BENCH Benchmarking - LL84 DOB violation

EN-LL97320 GHG Emissions - LL97 DOB violation

EN-BENCH Benchmarking - LL84 DOB violation

Other conditions class I · paperwork · HPD violation

EN-BENCH Benchmarking - LL84 DOB violation

EN-BENCH Benchmarking - LL84 DOB violation

EN-BENCH Benchmarking - LL84 DOB violation

Failure To Post Energy Grade/Score DOB violation

Other conditions class I · paperwork · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5A class B · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5A class B · HPD violation

Doors or windowsApt 5A complaint

Failure To Benchmark DOB violation

Failure To Benchmark DOB violation

Suspended scaffold permit

Failure To Benchmark DOB violation

Failure To Post Energy Grade/Score DOB violation

Other conditions class I · paperwork · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4B class B · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4B class B · HPD violation

Doors or windows, floors or stairs, general repairsApt 4B complaint

Failure To Benchmark DOB violation

Nothing on record

Rent and tenancyNot on the state list

Rent stabilizationno recordNot on the state's 2024 list. Owners who register late or not at all are missing, so ask HCR about a specific apartment

Gasno record

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

Energyno record

Energyno recordNo energy score on record

Sources

23 datasets

FEMA

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer2026-10-20
OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims (v3)2026-09-09

NYC DCP

NYC GeoSearch (address directory)2026-10-20
PLUTO (tax lot data)2026-08-24

NYC DEP

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)2026-10-20
Lead Service Line Location Coordinates2026-01-30

NYC DEP / Mayor's Office

NYC Stormwater Flood Maps2024-07-03

NYC DOB

DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance2026-10-19
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits2026-10-19
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler2026-10-19
DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings2026-10-19
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)2026-10-19
DOB Safety Violations2026-10-19
DOB Violations2026-10-19

NYC DOB / Mayor's Office

Energy and Water Data Disclosure (Local Law 84)2025-11-25

NYC HPD

Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction2026-08-12
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems2026-10-20
Housing Maintenance Code Violations2026-10-19
Multiple Dwelling Registrations2026-08-12
Registration Contacts2026-08-12

NYC OTI

AddressPoint2026-07-07
Building Footprints2026-10-19

NYC Rent Guidelines Board / NYS HCR

Rent Stabilized Building Lists (2024 HCR registrations)2025-11-30

Each date is when we last checked that dataset, not when the record itself was created.