38 Ave B

Heat or hot waterApt 2B complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 2B complaint

2025 Feb

2025 Jan

2025 Jan

Heat or hot waterApt 2B complaint

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2023 Dec

2019 Mar

Heating/ventilation permit

Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Dec 2025, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-17 · See the boiler filings at DOB →

What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Heat and hot water complaints

3 heat or hot water complaints

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-19 · 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
Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 8 complaints, 2025–2026 · 6 in the past year

What has happened here

LeaksApt 2B class C · HPD violation

LeaksApt 2B class C · HPD violation

LeaksApt 2B complaint

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LeaksApt 2B complaint

2025 Oct

Plumbing never closed · DOB violation

2025 Aug

PlumbingApt 4B complaint

2025 Jan

Plumbing complaint

2024 Apr

LeaksApt 3A complaint

Water service line

Non-Lead (field inspection)

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

Pests and cleanliness

6 complaints, 2026

What has happened here

2026 Sep

Mold, pestsApt 4A complaint

Unsanitary conditions complaint

2026 Feb

PestsApt 1A complaint

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MoldApt 3A class A · closed · HPD violation

2024 Apr

MoldApt 3A complaint

Electrical

Older records on file

What has happened here

Electric Signs never closed · DOB violation

Electric Signs never closed · DOB violation

Flooding

No issues on record

FEMA flood zone

Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-19

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 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

General condition and all records

HPD violations

11 open: 11 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (6), fire safety (3), leaks (2); 8 immediately hazardous (class C). 25 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 233 violations on record in all, 1979–2026 — the 40 most recent are listed here

Fire safety class C

Fire safetyApt 2B class C

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class C

LeaksApt 2B class C

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class C

LeaksApt 2B class C

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class B

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Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class A · closed

Fire safety class C

Walls, floors and stairsApt 3B class C

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class B

Fire safetyApt 3A class C · closed

2024 May

2024 Apr

MoldApt 3A class A · closed

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

12 open: 5 about building conditions, 7 older than 10 years

Construction class - 2

2022 Jul

Construction never closed

2009 Feb

2005 Aug

Construction never closed

1992 Jun

Construction never closed

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Electric Signs never closed

Electric Signs never closed

1989 Aug

Plumbing never closed

1989 Mar

Zoning never closed

DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-18 · 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

7 leaks, 6 heat or hot water, 4 mold, 3 paint or plaster, 2 pests, 2 plumbing, 1 general repairs, 1 unsanitary conditions

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-19 · 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

25 permits since 1990

2023 Nov

Plumbing permit

2019 May

Plumbing permit, General construction permit

2019 Mar

Heating/ventilation permit, General construction permit

2018 May

General construction permit

2017 Apr

General construction permit, Plumbing permit

2016 May

General construction permit

2015 Aug

Scaffold permit

and 18 more at the source

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-17 · 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

2026 Sep

General repairsApt 4A complaint

Paint or plasterApt 2B complaint

Paint or plasterApt 2B complaint