Building health · BROOKLYN, NY

297 1 St

built 1991 · 5 stories · 14 apartments
Registered with the city: INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY LIVING · 2 other buildings here list it; INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY LIVING INC · 2 other buildings here list it

Apartments named in these records

10 of this building’s 14 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.

Structure and facade

Issues on record
Sidewalk shed and scaffolding

Shed permit active now

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-19 · See the shed permits at DOB →
What this counts

Sidewalk shed permits (DOB NOW and BIS). Permitted since a date means permitted, not necessarily up continuously

  • Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
  • Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 6 complaints, 2025–2026
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Jun 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 2022 (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 complaints

5 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)

  • Heat sourceno recordNo boiler registration or district steam on record

Water and pipes

Issues on record (2023) · 3 complaints, 2026

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record, most recently 2022

Fire and safety

Issues on record, most recently 2025

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

Older records on file
What has happened here
Elevators

1 active elevator; latest periodic inspection Aug 2026

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

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

Energy

Energy

ENERGY STAR score 24 (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

35 open: 33 about building conditions — heat or hot water (10), walls, floors and stairs (8), doors and windows (6), leaks (3); 13 immediately hazardous (class C), 2 about paperwork or notices. Also 8 older records from 2000–2001 never closed. 13 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 130 violations on record in all, 2000–2026 — the 56 most recent are listed here

2026 May
Heat or hot water class C
2026 May
Heat or hot waterApt 3D class C · closed
2026 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2A class C
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water class C
2026 Mar
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4F class B
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 4F class C
2026 Mar
Fire safety class C · closed
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2026 Feb
Heat or hot water class C
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4F class C
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4E class C
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4E class C
2026 Feb
LeaksApt 4E class B · closed
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4E class B · closed
2025 Dec
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4F class B · closed
2025 Dec
LeaksApt 4F class B · closed
2025 Jun
Fire safety class C
2025 Jan
Doors and windows class C · closed
2024 Mar
Doors and windowsApt 3C class A · closed
2024 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3C class B · closed
2024 Mar
LeaksApt 3C class B · closed
2024 Mar
Other conditionsApt 3C class C · closed
2023 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3C class B
2023 Oct
LeaksApt 3C class B
2022 Aug
Heat or hot waterApt 2C class C
2022 Aug
Heat or hot waterApt 2D class C
2022 Mar
PestsApt 4D class C
2021 Feb
Leaks class A
2020 Feb
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2020 Feb
Walls, floors and stairs class A · paperwork
2020 Feb
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2020 Feb
Doors and windowsApt 4D class A
2020 Feb
LeaksApt 4D class B
2020 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4D class B
2020 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4D class B
2020 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4D class A
2020 Feb
PestsApt 4D class C
and 5 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

10 open: 4 about building conditions, 4 about filings or paperwork, 2 older than 10 years

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

6 heat or hot water, 2 leaks, 1 general repairs, 1 plumbing, 1 safety

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

4 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

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

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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